Sprinkles of Suspicion by Kim Davis

Author:Kim Davis [Davis, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780999068830
Publisher: Cinnamon & Sugar Press
Published: 2020-06-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

I rang the doorbell before inserting my key into the lock and let myself in. Piper barked and whined from the kitchen area. I heard her claws scratch my mother’s travertine flooring as she ran full force down the long hallway toward me. My dog jumped and danced in front of me, and I couldn’t help laughing at her antics. Her tail acted like a mini helicopter prop, wagging faster and faster. I gathered her up in my arms and let her give me puppy kisses. I missed her as much as she apparently missed me.

“Darling, I didn’t know you were dropping by.” My mother breezed in and kissed my cheek. She tried to avoid my squirming dog as she placed her lips close to my ear. “Philip is here. Now would be the perfect time to make up and rescue your marriage.”

“That is not going to happen, Mother,” I hissed. “There’s a lot of things you need to know about that... that… creep. He’s not the gentleman he’s led you to believe he is.”

My mother looked shocked. “Now, Emory, that kind of attitude will get you nowhere. Come in here and be nice.”

I set Piper down. She pranced beside me, not wanting to let me out of her sight. “I’m done letting Philip walk all over me. He’s betrayed me on so many levels.”

I didn’t have the chance to tell her because the man I hoped would soon be my ex walked in.

“I thought I heard your voice, Em.” He stood there puffing his chest out, and I swore he even sucked in his gut. “Addie and I have been speaking, and I think there’s been a huge misunderstanding. We’ve put too much time in our marriage to call it quits, and I’m willing to overlook your indiscretion and put it behind us.”

“My indiscretion?” I sputtered, trying to get the word out. “How about me catching you in the middle of ‘it’ with Tori?”

“She didn’t mean anything to me.” Philip ran his fingers through his thick black hair and avoided looking at me.

As if Tori’s insignificance to him made his affair forgivable. “Aside from your fling with Tori, let’s talk about the money you borrowed from my mother, behind my back.”

“What do you mean, Emory?” I had my mother’s full attention now. “Philip said you were too embarrassed to ask, but you had your heart set on that condo.”

“I just found out from Carrie. I had no idea we owed you money or that this jerk hasn’t paid one cent back on that loan.”

“Hey, don’t be calling me names, you…” Philip bit his tongue when he saw my mother’s face. You don’t cuss or use crude language in front of Mother.

“Is it true, Philip?” Her voice sounded downright frosty.

Before he answered, I jumped in. I wanted to get all his transgressions on the table before he ran off. I was beginning to see him for the coward he was.

“Not only did he borrow money from you, but he took out a second mortgage on our home and has neglected to make anything but interest payments.

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