part 2 The man who spent eleven years blaming me for our childlessness threw me out of our home9-008v

Not surprise.

Recognition.

My heart tightened.

Gabriel stiffened beside me.

“Mariana,” he whispered.

I looked up at him. His face had gone ashen.

“What is it?”

His eyes remained fixed on Vanessa.

“I’ve seen her before.”

A chill moved through me.

“What do you mean?”

The music continued. Guests turned in their seats, smiling, unaware that the air around us had continue reading …