Judy’s POV
The car stopped in front of the house, and for a moment, everything felt like it was frozen in time. My heart pounded loudly in my chest. I stared at the house, but everything inside me wanted to run.
Sophia stood by my side, and I could tell from the way she was fidgeting that she was just as nervous as I was.
I had no idea how I was going to explain this to my mother.
A man like David—powerful, rich, and cold—was standing behind me, and here I was, standing in front of my mother, pretending that everything was okay when I knew the truth.
The truth that I was married to a man I barely knew.
The truth that I had no idea how to face my own mother after all that had happened.
Sophia nudged me. “Are you okay?” she whispered.
I nodded, though I wasn’t sure. “I have to do thi
