Chapter 8

Valerie Will

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My gaze quickly shifted to the clock on my phone.

1:11 am

Why had my mother decided to call me at that hour of the night? Shouldn't she have waited until dawn before questioning me?

He continued talking and asking questions, but his voice faded away because I lost my concentration.

—I'll talk to you in the morning.

I hung up before he could say anything else.

I hadn't even signed the papers yet, and she already knew about the divorce. Patrick hadn't even come home. Had