My Halloween Decorations Were Destroyed Overnight — and I Knew Exactly Who Was Behind It
“You’ll thank me eventually, Amanda,” she said. “Now go home, dear. You’ve embarrassed yourself enough for one day.”
I turned and walked away before I said something I’d regret.

That night, when Jake finally got home from picking up the kids from his sister’s house, I told him everything that had happened. Every word his mother had said. His face hardened in a way I’d rarely seen.