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I pause reading the article.
“What?” I call out.
I go back to reading.
So there it is. The big secret. Maybe it’s not my job to tell it, but I feel I have a personal duty to speak what I know. Imagine being a single mother. Raising a child on your own. If that job isn’t hard enough, imagine seeing the father of your child on television. Imagine him being a famous athlete. Imagine being able to type in your child’s father’s name online and see how much he’s making.
Just settle in on that.
You’re struggling to survive and here’s the man who got you pregnant, living the good life.
Shame on you, Cutter Buckley.
You can’t run from this for the rest of your life.
Be better.
Your family deserves it.
Your child deserves it.
I place my phone on the table and I look straight ahead.
It’s not exactly my business to know someone’s secrets in life.
But…
Cutter has a child? A child he abandoned? A woman he abandoned?
My heart aches. My stomach feels sick.
I let my guard down for one minute and this is what happens?
I take a deep breath and tell myself only two things matter right now.
Keeping my son protected from the social media nonsense… and making sure I hate Cutter Buckley with every ounce of my heart for the rest of my life.
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Cutter
Igrab a glass and throw it across the kitchen.
It shatters against the wall.
I grab a second glass.
Tony sits at the kitchen island and folds his hands.
“Don’t give me that fucking look,” I growl at him. “Fix this!”
“Fix this?” Tony asks. “Cutter, if you need a punching bag, I’m here. I’ve always been here.”
“I don’t need a punching bag. I need a solution. I need to know who the fuck did this! Right now. Someone was following me? Following Piper?”
“Piper,” Tony says with a nod.
I point at him. “Don’t give me that look either. You don’t know a thing.”
