Chapter 12
In the picture, Jess’s husband was standing
by the bedroom door, grabbing my wrist,
trying to pull me inside.
When I saw the picture, my stomach turned,
and I almost threw up.
<
This had happened before, both in this life
and in my last one.
Since I had started living at Jess’s house, her
husband would often look at me with a
disgusting, lustful gaze.
At first, I thought it was in my head. Jess and
her husband seemed happy, at least in public.
But then, one day, Jess and the baby went to
visit her mother, and I was taking a shower.
Jess’s husband tried to break into the
bathroom.
Good thing the door was locked from the
inside.
r
After I showered, he tried to drag me into the
bedroom and force himself on me.
I was terrified, I kicked him in the crotch, and
he fell to the ground, screaming.
I must have kicked too hard, because he
never tried anything with me again.
But looking at the picture now, it was obvious
that it had been carefully planned.
A terrible thought formed in my mind.
I grabbed Jess’s wrist and looked at her like I
was going to eat her.
ر
“You knew all along, didn’t you?”
She nervously avoided my gaze. “I don’t know
what you’re talking about!”
I wanted to scream.
“I get it now. You were still postpartum, and
couldn’t satisfy your husband’s needs, so you
went back home on purpose, trying to give
your husband a chance with me.
33
“Then you felt bad, so you set up a camera to
record it. If you ever wanted to get a divorce,
you could blame everything on me.”
Jess, you’re disgusting!”
<
Jess, after being called out, didn’t care.
anymore. She yelled, “So what if I did it? You
didn’t get hurt, did you?”
“It’s your honor that my husband is interested
in you. If it wasn’t for me bringing you to my
house, you’d never have the chance to meet a
man like that. You should be grateful.”
Grateful for what, exactly?
wanted to punch her face!
I was prepared. I pulled out my phone and
showed it to her.
“I recorded everything you just said.”
L
“Everyone knows about your pathetic
husband. Your nanny already told everyone
what a pig he was.”
“You want to use this picture to threaten me?
If you use this picture, I will use my recording
to go to the police.”
“Don’t forget that I have the Sterling heiress
backing me. I will send you and your husband
to prison!” My tone scared her, and she knew
she couldn’t win. She just glared at me, and
left.
She yelled back at me before she left: “You
think I can’t live without you?”
40 AM Mon 17 Feb
<
“We can do it ourselves. We won’t need a
nanny.
