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I groaned inwardly We’d learned to be polite to each other at big family events and the occasional holiday, but I knew every mood of my ex-wife She was happy because she was like a cat with ashe wanted to hold over my head

What joy

I rounded on her and drained ne “I don’t have time for this”

“I don’t think I ever had time for your bullshit,” she said Then she arched her head over her shoulder and made sure the door shut behind her It left us alone on the silent balcony “What did you think you were trying to pull?”

“What?”

Mel strode over and glared into my eyes In her heels, she was al fallen once for a model with a love for stilettos “Do you really think I’d never find out? You’re fucking lucky that I took care of things before that tra between you and Tammy”

“You found out about Selena?”

“You were hardly discreet For fuck’s sake, sneaking off to a bedroo Tammy’s birthday party? Really? It’s a wonder half the party didn’t figure out right then and there what you were doing Or, you knoho you were doing”

“What the hell did you tell her, Mel?”

She laughed and sipped her drink as if erecasual party conversation “The truth: that you’ve had dozens of girls in your life, to put it mildly That you’ve broken hearts before”

“I’m sorry about what happened… That I worked so hard That I cheated”

“I don’t care about that I’ to put Taain, you selfish bastard?”

“We aiting for the right tied

“The right ti sister because you knocked up her whore of a best friend?”

I dropped the glass in my hand and cursed when it shattered “What? She’s what?”