Cassidy felt like she was back in the nursery she had painted green for the twins before they were born. She remembered Justin standing in the doorway telling her that she was being too emotional about a piece of real estate.
She had cried when she signed the papers while he acted like she was grieving over a pile of bricks. “He is planning to use this wedding to humiliate you while using your sons as props,” Maxwell added.
“I know what that feels like because my own father did something similar to me when I was a boy.” Maxwell explained that his father had mocked him at a company dinner to make himself look stronger.
“I saw your boys playing with chalk yesterday in the courtyard of your building,” Maxwell said. “One of them was saying that a road has to be level before the trucks can drive on it.”
Cassidy looked at Toby who was currently leveling a bridge made of blocks. “That was Toby,” she said with a shaky voice.
“No child should be used for a man revenge and I want to help you change the story,” Maxwell offered. “I am not offering you charity but I am offering you the truth and the means to protect your dignity.”