imagined I was capable of creating.
Rachel kept staring at me.
Then she asked the question I knew would come.
“What about the girls?”
My entire body became still.
“They’re fine.”
Her eyes filled with tears.
“How old are they now?”
“Three.”
“Do they know about me?”
I said nothing.
She moved closer.
“Please. I know what I did was terrible. I was frightened. I was young, and Jason told me everything would be easier with him.”
Jason turned toward her.
“Don’t put this all on me.”
She spun around.
“