Total pages in book: 85
Estimated words: 77663 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 388(@200wpm)___ 311(@250wpm)___ 259(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 77663 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 388(@200wpm)___ 311(@250wpm)___ 259(@300wpm)
He didn’t answer, just sipped from his bottle of alcohol, which seemed to be all he was good for these days. “Listen, you need to get your ass in gear before you lose everything. You’ve been moping around here for more than a year already, and we’re sick of it.”
“Your precious Mandy obviously didn’t love you; otherwise, she would’ve stayed. I don’t see why you have to act as if she was the most precious thing in the world. If she really cared, she would’ve stuck around and helped you raise the baby. She’s always been a selfish, stuck-up, self-centered bitch.”
“I told you not to say anything bad about Mandy in my presence. I know you and that bitch talk bad about her all day but get this through your head; she’ll never be half the girl Mandy is, and I’ll never marry her.”
“And what if she decides to move away and take my baby with her?”
I don’t understand what’s been happening to my son. He never used to be like this, he never argued against my word, but now I can barely talk to him without it turning into an argument, and it all started when that bitch asked for a divorce.
Things were finally going well; the nurseries were set up, both the one at his old house and the one in my home. Mandy had given in to everything we asked for and seemed to be on board with all of Deidre’s demands.
I’d been looking forward to settling down to help raise my grandson, who was the only one who lived close enough for me to see him as often as I wanted. My daughters had all moved out of town to live with their husbands, and Dan was the only one who’d come back home, so although I have grandkids, they’re all closer to their other grandmothers.
I was finally going to have a child that I could spoil, and that selfish bitch had to go and screw everything up. I never would’ve thought she had it in her, or I would’ve seen it coming and prepared. I had it all worked out, and she pretended to go along with everything, only to tuck tail and run in the end. I don’t see what her problem was anyway; my husband cheated on me multiple times, and I’m still here.
How precious does she think she is? I always knew she wasn’t the one for my son. That family she comes from has always put on airs and acted like they were better than everyone else, but I bit my tongue for years and went along with it because she’s what my Dan wanted.
After Deidre called me about being pregnant with my grandbaby, my only thought was for the poor child. We’re all adults, but it would’ve broken my heart to have a baby out there with my blood and no relationship, so I pushed hard for what was best for the baby.
I knew he wouldn’t leave Amanda since she seemed to have bewitched him when they were younger. She’s the first person he ever went against me for. I should’ve known then that she was going to bring trouble to my family. And I would’ve been right.
Look what happened in the end. He had to sell that nice house and give her half. They split everything down the middle, sure, but she didn’t get any of the debt. Somehow, her lawyers had worked it out so that his debt was his and his alone, even though they were married.
The thing is, she didn’t have any debt. She went to school on a full ride while my son only had a partial scholarship and had to take out loans to pay the rest. Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a degree that he now says is no use because Deidre is holding the affair over his head, and he could lose his job any day.
I tried explaining to him at the time that that was even more reason to just get married. But the more I pushed, the harder he pushed back and seemed to blame me for all of this happening. Like I was the one who had the affair.
All I did was try to make things right for my grandson and his mother. “If you want him that bad, why don’t you fight her for him? I’m done; I just want my wife back; I want my life back, dammit. I never should’ve listened to you.”
“What did I do but try to make everything work for all involved?”
“You berated her for not being happy about the baby. You made her feel small.”
“I didn’t do anything to her. And she lied and said everything was okay, only to run away, leaving you with debt and in this miserable situation. You need to get over her and get your life back on track. When was the last time you had a haircut?”