Beneath the Texas Sun, A Mother's Sin

. They put me in my room, the one that felt more like a guest suit

five-year marriage contract end

ses and the deeper, phantom pain from my old rodeo injury. I put on

r face a thundercloud of rage. She wasn' t

to him?" she shri

ared at h

n the stables. He broke his leg! His polo career cou

vily on them, his face contorted in a mask of pain. He shot me a look over Nicole' s shoulder,

t," Nicole accused, advancing on me. "He said you thr

f papers onto the b

u. And I' m removing Caleb from the family trus

To act as if h

uiet but firm. "His name

the money, Caleb deserved tha

Beg." She pointed to the driveway outside, a sprawling expanse of s

. The sharp stones bit into my knees through the thin

me out, a riding

g," she hissed, her v

raised

back, searing through the s

he struck me again and again

esley' s career

ac

ing to turn my fa

ac

r pretending my

ded, and she stood

divorce papers at my feet. "Go to your pathetic f

taking Wesley to the hospital. Then, slowly, I got to my feet. Blood

promise

and left them on the gravel. I walked to my old truck, the one I' d kept park

I stood in the back, a battered, bleeding ghost. I

aleb. Dadd

g, the real