What bothers me is how entitled you both are. How you act like the rules don't apply to you. Like you should be able to conduct an affair on your employer's dime and face no consequences because your feelings are special. That's not it is fair. You made choices.
Adult choices. Now you get adult consequences. That's how the world works. He stared at his coffee and I watched him realize that charm wouldn't work here. That I wasn't someone he could sweet talk or manipulate.
What do you want from me, James? An apology. I already gave you one graveling. I'll do it if that's what it takes. I don't want anything from you.
I wanted the truth, which I got. I wanted the affair documented, which it is. I wanted to make sure everyone knew what really happened, and now they do. There's nothing else you have that I need. Rachel said, "You're destroying her life out of spite. " Rachel destroyed her own life.
I'm just refusing to help her hide the wreckage. I stood up. Your 20 minutes are up. Don't contact me again. Wait.
He grabbed my arm and I looked down at his hand until he released it. Just one thing. The question you asked her about me having an illness. There really isn't one, is there? No.
So, so why? Because I wanted her to feel afraid. I wanted her to panic, to run to a doctor, to sit in a waiting room imagining worst case scenarios. I wanted her to experience a fraction of the fear I felt when I got tested for STDs because my wife had been sleeping with someone else without my knowledge. I met his eyes.
I wanted her to understand that actions have consequences beyond just the ones you intend. Understanding dawned on his face. That's that psychological warfare. That's karma. I walked out before he could respond.
Left him sitting there with his cold coffee and his crumbling future. The satisfaction I'd been waiting for finally arrived. Not a flood, just a trickle, but real. Marcus understood now. Understood that I wasn't going to be passive or forgiving or understanding.
Understood that there was a price for what he'd done, and I was going to make sure he paid it. My phone buzzed as I reached my car. Jennifer Ward, thank you for your cooperation today. Your information was very helpful. Then 30 seconds later, another text from an unknown number.