I laughed again.
no humor in it.
“You removed Mason from your health benefits.”
“That was temporary.”
“You secretly borrowed against our house.”
“I can explain that.”
“You drained our savings.”
“I can explain that too.”
“And you publicly proposed to another woman while still married to me.”
He looked away.
“That part,” I said, “does not require much explanation.”
Vanessa slipped the engagement ring off her finger.
Tyler saw the movement.
“Vanessa.”
She placed the ring on the table.
The diamond clicked softly against the plastic surface.
“I spent five years believing one of my sons was buried somewhere.”
Tyler’s face tightened.
“I know.”
“No. You don’t get to say that.”
She pushed the ring toward him.
“I visited an empty grave.”
I looked at her.
She wiped her eyes angrily.
“His name isn’t on it. Tyler told me the hospital arranged a private burial because everything happened so quickly. I used
