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?”
I pointed toward the nursery.
“We prepared this house for you. We bought two cribs. Nathan is working himself exhausted because he believes he is about to become the father of twins.”
