I shook my head. "I need him to leave me alone. I don't want his help now that they’re born, when I needed it the whole time I was pregnant." I felt tears starting. "At least if he started faking it before it wouldn't have been so bad. I wouldn't have known." I wiped the tears away before they could fall and took a deep breath to collect myself. "He's just waiting for me to put my guard down or get comfortable so he can slap me back down by bringing some attractive w***e over to flaunt in my face."
"Not trusting Mikko doesn't make you a bad mom, Emily. You're just overwhelmed. You need to make time for yourself when you're raising these kids." Jared handed me a small packet of tissues. He must have known I'd end up a crying mess.
"Being a parent is hard. You should ask Finn, Madeline, ma
