“Really? It’s about me? So it’s my fault?” Asshole.
“What? That’s not…”
“God, James. All I’ve ever done was love you.”
“I know. And all I’ve ever done was love you.” He reached for my hands across the table, but I pulled mine onto my lap.
“You have a funny way of showing it.”
He sighed, like talking to me was the most exhausting thing he ever had to do. “Penny, I know this is going to be hard to hear. But we need to make the proper plans just in case. For the sake of the children. For your sake too.”
“For my sake?” I realized I had raised my voice and that people were starting to stare. I leaned forward and hissed, “Are you f*****g kidding me? My sake, James? If you had been thinking about me at all you never would have let any of this happen.”
He stared at me. “I’ve done the best t
