“She brags to her friends that her dad always keeps his promises.
You know what’s worse?
I believed that same lie about you for fourteen years.”
He dragged both hands down his face.
“Cheyenne made me feel important again.”
That bit of honesty hurt more than any lie.
He hadn’t wrecked his family out of love for someone else.
He’d gambled his daughter’s future because a younger woman admired his suits, his trips, his title.
“I was next to you when we couldn’t afford to replace the refrigerator,” Gretchen said.
“I worked doubles when you lost your job.