Too Late To Love Me I Already Left With His Twins (Lydia and Dave) novel Chapter 120

Too fast.

The red light forced me to stop.

I gripped the steering wheel.

Hard.

Why was I shaking?

Anger?

Yeah.

That’s what I told myself.

But there was something else.

Something I refused to name.

“I’m done with him.”

I said it out loud this time.

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Like that would make it stick.

d maybe it with.

But one thing was clear.

Crystal clear.

My kids.

That thought came in sharp.

Protective.

Immediate.

No.

I’m not playing games with that.

I picked up my phone.

Typed quickly.

I need a lawyer. Today.

Because whatever this is…

It’s not touching them.

The light turned green.

I drove.

Slower this time.

And by the time I got to work…

My face was calm again.

Controlled.

Professional.

Like nothing happened.

But something did.

And I could feel it.

But I wasn’t.

I made them dinner.

Listened.

Responded where necessary.

Even laughed at one point.

Because that’s what mothers do.

We hold the world steady even when ours is tilting.

By 9pm, they were in bed.

Finally.

I sat on the edge of my own bed and stared at nothing for a while.

Then I picked up my phone.

Lawyer.

I didn’t overthink it this time.

I couldn’t afford to.

+20 B.

I reached out to a few of my friends in the circle.

omen like me.

Corporate.

Sharp.