“Why didn’t you tell me?” Emma asked.
“I
was afraid you’d leave me,” he replied.
He explained that his mother had told him my marriage was already over when she’d met my husband. But I told them the truth: we were still married, living together, and raising Emma when the affair began.
Tyler remembered visiting our house as a child while his mother argued with me. I reassured him that none of it had been his fault.
But the problem wasn’t his mother’s past. It was his decision to hide the truth.
For two months, Tyler had avoided introducing Emma to his family because his mother knew who she was and didn’t want to meet her. He’d even encouraged Emma to postpone Thanksgiving plans without explaining why.
“You let me believe we were making plans together when you were making decisions without me,” Emma said.
