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don’t know what to believe anymore.”
     
    ***
     
    Scott called his parents, packed a suitcase, and left. The moment he walked out the door, I started bawling all over again.
    “It will be okay,” whispered Darcy, hugging me. “You have your friends, your children, and don’t forget about your mother. You know how much we all care about you.”
    My mother.
    I groaned.
    My zany mother lived in Florida and we talked maybe once a week, which was all I could handle. She lived with her boyfriend, Kyle, who was twenty years her junior, owned a successful botanical shop, and for the last ten years had become a free spirit. Her life now revolved around reading people’s auras, spiritual enlightenment, and smoking pot. She claimed that medicinal marijuana helped control her migraines, which had magically appeared around the same time Kyle had stepped into her life. He also suffered from the same type of migraines and had been the one to recommend the therapy.
    Go figure.
    “I’ll call her when things settle down,” I mumbled. “If I tell her what’s happening, she’ll be on the first plane out here.”
    She tilted her head to the side. “That might not be a bad thing. You need to surround yourself with people who will support you while going through this.”
    I sighed. “I’ll be fine. I just need some time to think about things.”
    “Just don’t give in to whatever crap he’s trying to feed you. That talk about having sex to get his deal done, I mean, really? It sounds like a bunch of bullshit.”
    I bit the side of my lip .
    She put her hands on my shoulders and stared into my eyes. “Listen, I know you two have been together for a long time and maybe he still loves you, but you have to stay strong. Don’t let him manipulate you. What he did is wrong and he knew it every time he stuck his dick inside one of those whores.”
    I snorted . “He claims it was for us.”
    “Oh, right, he did it for you and the kids? You know he enjoyed every single disgusting minute of it, and I’m sure he wasn’t thinking about you at the time.”
    “ You’re right.”
    “ Damn right I am. Now, I’ve got to get home and pack an overnight bag. We’re going to have a girl’s night full of male-bashing, good wine, and a large pizza with extra cheese, hold the sausage. Sound good?”
    I nodded , although nothing sounded good at the moment. My marriage was over and everything I’d known for the last fifteen years.
    What in the hell was I going to do?
    What did I tell our children ?
    “Okay, hon,” she said, grabbing her purse. “I’ll be back as soon as I can.”
    When Darcy left, I put a cold rag over my eyes to try and reduce the swelling. Then I made some phone calls and was able to arrange to have the kids stay overnight with their friends. They were both ecstatic about missing our anniversary party and didn’t even bother to ask about the change of plans when they returned back home to pack their bags.
    “You rock , mom,” smiled Regan, carrying her new purple and pink skull backpack. “You and dad have fun tonight.”
    I forced a smile. “Thanks.”
    “Remember, no drinking and driving,” warned Jeremy. “It takes your liver about an hour to metabolize just one ounce of alcohol.”
    I nodded. “Don’t worry; there won’t be any drinking and driving. You have my word.”
    After they left, I started looking through Scott’s things. I couldn’t help myself. It wasn’t until I went into his study and checked the computer that my heart was crushed all over again.
    “You bastard,” I whispered, looking through his deleted emails, which contained naked pictures of the two women I’d seen earlier that day. Apparently, they’d also shared a sexual relationship together and had sent him some pretty raunchy pictures. His enthusiastic replies hammered the final nails into the coffin of what had once been our happy marriage.
    I can’t wait to have you both.
    You make me so horny, I can’t see straight.
    That