No Forgiveness:He's Not The One
e party afterward. The teacher, a kind woman named Mrs. Davis, tried to press a consol
e, Mommy," she sai
ine costume now looking like a sad, wilted flower. She stared out the window, her reflection a ghostly image against
rent of fury and pain that was building inside me. But I could
er pajamas. She didn't say a word. I tucked her into bed, th
was about to turn off the light. "
air from my lungs. "No, sweetie. Never. Daddy l
ess. She just stared at me with her big, sad
herself to sleep. He walked in whistling, drop
I was sitting in the dark. He flicked on the light, and blinked i
id, my voice dangerously
ed away. He frowned, finally sensing that something
you,
d hovering in the a
and Chloe. You told me you
t. Yeah, well, the surgery was canceled at the last minute. Victoria called, Chloe was really nervous about her part in the
d! To Lily! She was the lead. She spent weeks practicing. She looked for you in the audience e
. "Eleanor, don't be so dramatic. It's not a big deal. I was in
She saw you doting on Chloe, giving her flowers, completely ignoring your own da
hand as if it were a minor inconvenience. "You're blowing this way out of proporti
finally coming. "It's about your priorities! Your daughter needed
s," he shot back, his voice turning cold. He turned and walked out of the kitchen. "I'm not going to st
reading through my chest. He grabbed his pre-packed suitcase from the closet, the one he always had ready for last-minute trip
over. My mother took one look at
, Ellie?" she
, about the argument, about David leaving. My father,
We were having lunch downtown. He was with that woman, Victoria, and her daugh
oney. We didn't want to cause trouble. But he's being seen with
asn't a one-time thing. It was a pattern. A
me and curled up next to me on the sofa. She had been
erious. "Are you and Daddy going to
of her strawberry shampoo filling my senses. "No, baby. Of course not.
or Lily's sake, I had to try. I had to fight for this family, even if I was the