Page 90 (1/2)

This had to be sohty in less than five minutes Only here in this house

“Mac, maybe we should just…callared at her

“You should be the one freaking the hell out, Becs You live here now You live here now because you married a man who is just like Ben, a man who beat you and put you in the hospital”

He turned back to histo let that bastard back into this house with Becca and Liam here?”

His ether, because no longer was her bottoer was her voice shrill Nope She was back to the even-keel woman he’d known his entire life She was lost in a sea of denial “This is his home, Mackenzie What am I supposed to do?”

“Tell him to stay the hell away Tell hi Becca Tell hirandchild” God, why couldn’t she see? “For Christ’s sake, Mooddamn doormat?”

Lila Draper’s face whitened, and she took a step back She reached for the cobbler on the table and set it on the counter, her back to Mackenzie as she started to foil the top

“You’re going to be late for Liam’s ball practice,” she said

Christ, this was typical

“So that’s it? There’s no discussion? You’re just going to let hiht back into this house?”

His mother stilled, her shoulders hunched forward in a way that begged hio to her, but Mac’s feet felt like they were encased in ceht he could barely breathe

His sister stood in front of hiet hi to help her, and she wanted hione

“You don’t live here any to discuss I think you should leave,” Lila said

That thing inside him broke apart It shattered into a thousand pieces and left hi from the force of it

It was a hundred parts rage A hundred parts disbelief And a hundred parts sorrow