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I was satisfied with the ruling and walked out of the court.
When I was about to get in my car in the parking lot, someone grabbed my collar and slapped me.
It was Antonio.
I never saw him look so irritated.
He said in a cold voice, “You did it on purpose, didn’t you? You hate me for betraying you, so you sent Leila to jail. You don’t want me to be happy! You scumbag!”
I slapped him harder than he did to me. Watching his cheek getting swollen, I said, “You can think that way. But you’re a bigger scumbag than me. Don’t forget that you cheated on me for 2 years.”
Then, I got in my car.
He was quick and tried to open the door.
I locked it and drove away while he was clapping my car and cursing me.
When Leila’s sentence became a done deal, Gatlin changed his attitude toward me.
One afternoon, he called and said gently, “Gracie, can you go home tonight? I wanna talk with you.”
I agreed. After all, I wanted to talk with him, too, about my
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birth mom.
At my father’s place that night.
I saw Kara right after I got in. She looked like a lunatic, wearing a casual outfit.
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Leila’s going to jail seemed to have a huge impact on her.
Kara turned emotional when she saw me. “Grace Parrish! You ungrateful girl! Why’re you here? Get out!”
Where?
She was about to rush over when Gatlin grabbed her arm.
Gatlin pushed her to the sofa. With her head hitting the sofa’s backrest, she quieted down.
I turned to Gatlin, the violent husband.
Years had passed, and he never changed.
Kara was weirdly quiet, but he ignored her and took me to the study.
Then, he brought me a glass of water.
“Gracie, now that you know about your birth mom, you should know the money is from her. I shouldn’t have said I saved the money for you. I apologize for lying.”
I stayed silent and wanted to see what he was up to.
He added, “I’ve been missing your mom since she passed away…”
He was still lying. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I interrupted, “Stop the show, Gatlin. I heard you married Kara right after
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my mom was buried.”
His eyebrows snapped together and soon were unknitted.
“Right! But I got fooled by Kara. Besides, you were only months old. I was too busy at work to take care of you. I could use her help.”
“What’s your point?” I didn’t want to listen to his bullshit anymore.
