Chapter 4

As soon as I finished speaking, the air in the living room seemed to freeze.

"You're seriously divorcing me because a girl calls Butterscotch her kid?" Alfonso blurted out, totally stunned. He looked at me like I was being completely unreasonable.

He lunged at me, trying to snatch my phone, but I dodged to the side.

"Susan, are you crazy?" he hissed.

Meanwhile, Lily's face drained of all color, looking utterly helpless.

She clung to Alfonso's sleeve, tears streaming down her cheeks like a broken string of pearls, her voice trembling. "Alfie, did Susan misunderstand me? We're not like that.…