Chapter 119

Melissa

Three empty bottles of beer laid in a scattered pattern on the counter, but I wasn't even started. Dexter had caused me to break my no-drinking rule.

Even when I left him for two years, I never harbored the thought of dabbling in alcohol. Finally, I'd broken my rule and I felt like a bag of shit.

Why didn't he call me beforehand to tell me that she was around? I would have stayed back at my father's and spent more time with him.

But like the fool that I was, I headed straight to his house because I wanted to share the good news with someone...