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Whitley was meeting with Judge Robard today for the divorce hearing. I hadn’t heard a word from him all day.
I needed all ties with Alma severed.
I couldn’t stand to be attached to her in any capacity anymore.
Don’t concern yourself with her any longer.
Elliott’s words to me just before he’d left a few minutes ago came back to me.
Easy for him to say. Once Salvatore let her and her lover go, what would happen next?
Donato Salvatore was a frightening man.
But Alma was the anti-Christ.
It was a mistake to set her free. It was definitely a mistake to give the police the chance to investigate, to use the “proper” channels to serve her punishment. Everything in my being screamed at me to have him end her once and for all. But how could I look Penelope in the eye if she found out what I’d done?
It was bad enough keeping the secret of her biological mother from her. I didn’t want that kind of relationship with my kid. One built on lies and secrecy.
She needed to be able to trust me . . . with anything.
I ducked my head under the water and let it flow over me.
None of the tension left my body.
I needed something good to happen soon. If I had my preference, it would be Penelope waking up.
We’re not sure she will.
How could that doctor be the best when he had no confidence in my daughter?
JoJo wanted to give him a chance. I’d rather have him sent somewhere else.
But I had to trust JoJo.
Her instincts about me had been wrong. I’d give her a pass on that. Because when it came to her, my thoughts were haywire. Hers were too.
How had I lived so long without her?
She’d been just out of reach, hovering on the fringes of my life. All I had to do was reach out to her. I hadn’t. And we were where we were.
I couldn’t be sure how I would’ve treated her if we’d been together all this time. My ambition was still strong, but when I was younger, no one was going to stop me.
I didn’t like the idea of working so much I never would have seen her. We would’ve become strangers, drawn in separate ways because of our careers.
We were in a place to appreciate one another, both having enough experience to understand the importance and value of relationships.
I liked being united with her, fighting together for Penelope.
A real partner was all I’d ever wanted.
I quickly washed and rinsed.
Once I’d dressed, I found JoJo in the exact same spot she’d been when I left her. She needed rest, but both of us were too stubborn to get the sleep we needed.
Besides, when I closed my eyes, all I saw was Penelope’s unmoving body.
JoJo glanced up. “You look better.”
