Chapter 32-5

I shook my head. "I need him to leave me alone. I don't want his help now that they’re born, when I needed it the whole time I was pregnant." I felt tears starting. "At least if he started faking it before it wouldn't have been so bad. I wouldn't have known." I wiped the tears away before they could fall and took a deep breath to collect myself. "He's just waiting for me to put my guard down or get comfortable so he can slap me back down by bringing some attractive whore over to flaunt in my face."

"Not trusting Mikko doesn't make you a bad mom, Emily. You're just overwhelmed. You need to make time for yourself when you're raising these kids." Jared handed me a small packet of tissues. He must have known I'd end up a crying mess.