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“And when all this shit calm down⁠—”

“There is no calming down.”

“We got four fucking kids.”

“And you’ll continue being their father.”

“We been together almost ten years.”

“And you spent damn near half of it cheating.”

“That don’t erase everything!”

“It erased enough for me.”

He stared at me.

I could see it happening.

That little shift.

The moment he finally realized I wasn’t performing.

I wasn’t punishing him.

I wasn’t waiting for him to say the right thing.

I was done.

And Xavier didn’t know what the fuck to do with that.

“So that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“You throwing away our whole family for Levin?”

I laughed.

“Don’t do that.”

“That’s what the fuck you doing.”

“No. I’m divorcing you because of YOU. If Levin disappeared off the face of the earth tonight, I still wouldn’t take your ass back.”

That one landed.

Hard.

“Don’t put this shit on him because you can’t accept that you fucked up your own marriage.”

His eyes narrowed.

“You think that nigga give a fuck about you?”

I stared at him.

“Here we go.”