Chapter 4

"It's okay. I was 19." Tamera replied.

"Wow, at 37 you look good. I would have guessed 30, maybe 32." Lainey said.

"So no husband?" Lainey asked.

"No longer in the picture." Tamera responded.

"Run out on you as soon as the kids left the nest, did he?" Jake remarked.

"Last warning Jake!" Richard warned.

"Actually, as soon as they were settled in college, we had both decided to part ways. We only were together for the kids. He was a good provider and dad. We just didn't love each other. At least he wasn't like some of the husbands…