In short, she’ll even be grateful to me for insisting she think about herself, not always worry about me.» Emily sat on the stool, feeling her fingers go cold. The next message was from her mother-in-law.
«Alex, you know how much I dislike your little wife myself. But you must understand that if Emily finds out you brought a new woman into your apartment while she’s on the trip, it’ll be the end for you.» Next was Alex’s voice reply…
«Mom, why do you always make it worse? How will she find out? We don’t talk to the neighbors, neither I nor she. We’ll live quietly in the apartment. And the wife will send us decent bucks from New York.
Well, to us. To me, obviously. Actually, for me and Isabella.
Just some irony of fate.» Alex’s laughter sounded. Emily covered her mouth with her hand to not groan in horror.
And another voice message. This time from Theresa. «Are you an idiot? You can’t hide a needle in a haystack.
When Emily finds out, you’ll be left without a penny. Do you think they’ll renew your disability next year? Not sure I can pull it off. And then you’ll go look for work.
Emily thinks you’re really disabled, doesn’t understand that it’s thanks to me you live with those papers and don’t work.» Next message from Alex. «If she finds out, to hell with her.
I’ll sue her for half the apartment, and then file for alimony too. I’m disabled after all. Let her work more to support the daughter and me with Isabella.»
Alex’s voice was confident, calm, as if it wasn’t his family’s fate, but a regular work plan. The last message was the one that started it all. Emily leaned back, feeling the ground slip from under her feet.
Everything she believed in collapsed in a few minutes. She left the kitchen, not noticing how her hands shook. Her whole life turned into a complete lie in one instant.
She thought Alex couldn’t work. But he just didn’t want to. She thought he was grateful for her support…
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