Chapter Forty

Gwen.

Once I was done telling them all that truly happened, I brought my eyes down so I wouldn’t see the disappointment and hurt on my family’s faces. Jade did a surprising thing by pulling me into a hug and I really appreciated that.

“He did all of that to you Gwen and you still decided to stay with him?” Mom asked.

Dad hasn’t spoken any word since I stopped talking and that makes me wonder what he was thinking about. He probably wasn’t thinking of dealing with Henry right?

“Say something, Gwen, tell me why you still decide to stay with him after seeing how he acts. That doesn’t define marriage.” Mom insisted.

“I love him Mother and as shameless as this may sound, I still do. I…I thought he was going to change after Jasmine was born, I thought he would spend more time with us but I was wrong.” I was so damn wrong. Henry wasn’t going to change, his mind had been set on Emily and that is who he was going to go for not me.

“He shouldn’t have done that.” Finally, Dad said something