Looking at Kody—ready to do anything I said—I found myself speaking more emotionally than I expected. When I turned back to Hunter, something in me cracked.
“You made it sound like you two were fine,” I said, my voice tight with emotion. “Like it’s just hormones. But Janice told me how exhausted she is just trying to keep up with you. You brush it off, like it’s normal—but I won’t. I can’t let you think this is fine, Hunter.”
I wrapped my arms around my stomach, my babies, my future.
“You don’t know how hard this stage is—how much it took for her to finally get pregnant. And now you won’t even listen to anyone who speaks with reason?”
I turned to Kody. He stepped toward me, his green-hazel eyes filled with love, his aura steady. He didn’t speak, but I saw it—he was on my side. But afte
