My Perfect Family: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller full of twists by Adriane Leigh

Author:Adriane Leigh [Leigh, Adriane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books psychological thrillers, suspense and crime
Published: 2024-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Lennox

Two summers ago — early August

I tucked my new moleskin under the deckchair, folding it under the edge of the fuzzy blanket before descending the steps into the dark mist. The lighthouse shimmered across the bay, silver moonlight glinting off its windows and lending a smokey quality to the fog shrouding the water.

The Point was growing on me. I’d lost myself in the tragedy of our lives for a while, but writing my feelings down each day seemed to help.

When I reached the edge of the shoreline, I dipped my toes through the foaming bubbles, slipping my swim coverup over my shoulders and depositing it at my feet before stepping deeper into the surf. I hummed with pleasure as the water enveloped my skin, washing away my worries as my hands cupped my belly.

Confused tears spilled onto my cheeks before I lay back in the water, allowing myself to float with the current. We’d only been in this house a few weeks. The knowledge that I was newlywed and pregnant with a baby that wasn’t my husband’s was soul crushing, but the possibility of crushing his heart with the truth ruined me more.

I couldn’t bear the thought of keeping this baby, or not keeping it. I didn’t think I had the heart to confess the sins of the man that my husband loved so much and held so dear to his very legacy.

Legacy. So important to one family, so foreign to another.

And Carl. Somehow it felt like I’d devastated my childhood best friend, wrapped him in my toxicity and cast him aside in favor of my life with Morrissey. The only thing I’d been able to feel in those moments was pain; I only hoped one day he could forgive me for turning to him to ease it.

Our limited interactions had been so horrible since he’d walked me down the aisle and then practically verbally assaulted me beforehand, but I’d held it together because I’d seen the pain in his eyes. Recognized the horrible mistake I’d made. Every time he’d caught my gaze at the ceremony or the reception, I’d felt the pressure of his judgment, regret soaking my bones at the memory of our one fevered night shared in his bed. The pleading in his body language when he’d given me a hug, his dry kiss on my cheek before he turned and walked away. His previously well-aimed words had already left their mark. I’d been rattled by his silence and avoided him ever since.

I’d had no other direction then. And the fact that Carl knew too much sat uneasy with me now. What if he decided to confess my darkest sins to the only man I’d ever loved? What if Morrissey left me when he realized this baby wasn’t his? And he would. My secrets wouldn’t stay buried forever, no matter how much I wanted them to vanish.

Marrying Morrissey had felt like a fresh start. A rebirth. But the truth of it was, I’d never felt more trapped.

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