Chapter 57
Patrick Banks
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“Valerie, please. Don’t shut me out. Just let me explain.” I pleaded, my tone desperate.
“Explain?” She asked with a bitter laugh. “You want to make me understand why you slept with my sister or how you had a child with her and hid him from me? Which one do you want to talk about?” Her voice trembled.
The guilt was eating me alive.
I messed up.
“You’re still at your mom’s place, right? I’m coming to meet you.”
Without hesitation, she responded. “Don’t come here. I don’t want to see you. Not now. Not ever.”
“I’m on my way,” I replied, ignoring her statement.
Then I hung up the call and reversed the car.
I couldn’t just accept her decision. I had to fix it.
On my way to her mom’s house, I got a call from Jessica.
Frustrated, I answered the
