Paige looked away in embarrassment while the rest of the family members suddenly found the wallpaper very interesting. Scott turned to his mother and asked her once more if she had intentionally ignored the warnings about the test’s validity.
She pressed her lips together and refused to give him the satisfaction of a confession. “You wanted to watch her be destroyed, and I was a coward for standing by and letting it happen,” Scott said to his mother.
I adjusted Toby’s weight, grabbed my bag from the floor, and began to head toward the front door. “Where are you going at this time of night, and why won’t you just come home with me?” Scott asked as he followed me.
“I am going to a hotel because I refuse to spend another minute in a house filled with people who hate me,” I told him. “I will not sleep in the same bed as a man who needed a lab report to decide if I was a faithful wife,” I added.
