His 47 Seconds of Silence Cost Him Everything novel · Chapter 15 of 24
Chapter 15: Harmony
"Don't answer it," Jen said. "Don't comment. Don't you dare explain."
"I wasn't going to."
"You had your explaining face on."
I didn't have to.
By one o'clock the top comment under Stacy's photos had six thousand likes.
"She filed for divorce April 18. It's May 17. Your own ultrasound says you were pregnant in MARCH. Who was cheating first, Stacy?"
Under it, somebody had posted a screenshot of the nurse's math from the Neighbors page.
At four, my phone rang.
Cory's mother.
"Renee." Her voice was stiff, like she'd practiced. "I saw that thing she posted."
"Okay."
"I'm not calling about that. My birthday is the thirtieth. Sixty-five. We're doing the back room at the steakhouse by Polaris." A breath. "I'd like you to come. As my guest. I'm asking you myself."
"Cory will be there."
"I know who'll be there," she said. "Seven o'clock. Wear something nice."
The back room at the steakhouse had dark wood walls and a long table set for fourteen.
There was a white sheet cake at one end with pink roses and "Happy 65th" in blue script.
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