I waited.
She took a deep breath.
“Kelly told me that you had agreed to separate. He said you were no longer sleeping in the same room and that the two of you had decided to end the marriage quietly.”
I stared at her.
“None of that was true.”
“I know that now.”
She wiped her eyes.
“He also told me that he was financially secure. He said the house was practically his to do with as he pleased. When I discovered the debts, I realized that he had been lying to me about almost everything.”
I looked down at my hands.
“Why did you call me barren?”
She began crying.
“Because I wanted to believe I was better than you. I wanted to believe that being pregnant made me the woman he truly wanted. I was afraid that if I admitted how wrong I was, I would have to face what I had done to another woman.”
