“I thought it would buy me time.”
Jenna crossed her arms.
“But Tania came back anyway.”
Mark looked toward her.
“Yes.”
Lauren lifted the note.
“She didn’t believe you.”
“No.”
I looked at the photograph again.
Tania hadn’t hidden it under the cake because she wanted money.
She had put proof where Lauren would eventually find it.
It was cruel.
But after years of promises, she had apparently decided Mark was never going to tell the truth himself.
Lauren suddenly sat down.
I rushed toward her.
“Sweetheart?”Start Baby Registry
“I’m okay.”
She wasn’t.
Her hands were trembling.
Then she looked at the pink cake.
And something clicked for me.
“Lauren.”
She looked up.
“You knew something was wrong before you cut it.”
Mark stared at her.
“What?”
Lauren wiped her face.
“Last night.”
Her voice was quiet.
“I saw a message on your phone.”
Mark went completely still.
