Unspoken Truths

Stella

Folding her arms across her chest, Valerie waits for me to defend myself. Words fail me for a second, mostly because the accusation makes zero sense. Vance was the one who walked out on our marriage, not me, and I certainly never set out to wreck his life.

“I wasn't the one who asked for the divorce,” I tell her flatly, sticking to the simple truth.

She sweeps a thick wave of brown hair