MY HUSBAND ASKED FOR DIVORCE BEFORE LEARNING I WAS PREGNANT, THEN HIS SISTER DISCOVERED WHO HAD REALLY PAID THEIR BILLS
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Chapter 11 - Diane Stops Defending Her Son
Diane surprised me.
She did not ask me to reconcile.
She apologized.
“I thanked Grant for things you did.”
“That wasn’t your fault.”
“Some of it was.”
She admitted she rarely asked where the money came from.
She liked having problems solved.
When Melissa needed tuition, Diane called Grant.
When Diane’s car broke, she called Grant.
Solutions appeared.
Nobody investigated the source.
Convenience had made everyone incurious.
Diane sold a piece of jewelry to cover an expense she would once have sent our way.
She told Melissa to handle Tyler’s school herself.
Grant was furious that his mother had “taken my side.”
Diane answered:
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“There shouldn’t have been sides around Rachel’s bank account.”
For once, I had nothing to add.
