Chapter 7 - The Other Woman Finds Out
"Marcus?"
The voice came from behind us. Bianca stood at the mouth of the courtyard, looking from him to me and back.
"Who is she?"
Adrian shut his eyes.
I stood up.
"His name isn't Marcus."
Bianca frowned.
"His name is Adrian Whitfield. I'm his wife. And that little boy you saw at the pool today is his son."
She turned to him, mouth open. "You told me you were a widower."
He didn't say a word.
She took a step closer. "You told me your wife died. Years ago."
"Bianca, I can explain."
She shook her head, and her voice came out flat and steady even though her eyes were filling up.
"No. I think you've explained enough things to enough people for one lifetime."
She looked him up and down.
"You didn't build a new life. You just crawled inside somebody else's and hid there."
She turned and walked out.
May you like
Adrian half rose to go after her.
Then he stopped himself and sat back down. Maybe it finally landed on him that chasing one more person down a hallway wasn't going to fix the thing that was broken in him.
