When I opened the bedroom door, I saw a man I had never met before.
He was sitting on the bed, looking confused and frightened.
For several seconds, I simply stared at him.
Then I turned toward Rose.
“Who is this?”
Rose was already crying.
“Mom, please… I can explain.”
The man tried to speak.
“Ma’am, I didn’t know that she…”
“Get out of my house,” I interrupted.
He didn’t argue.
He quickly gathered his things and left.
When the front door closed behind him, I turned toward my daughter.
I was so angry that my hands were shaking.
“Nathan works all day trying to build a future for you and those babies, and you bring another man into this house?”
Rose kept crying.
“It was a mistake. It only happened once. It didn’t mean anything.”
Her words only made me angrier.
“It didn’t mean anything?”
