Justice For Juniper novel Chapter 70

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Juniper was quiet a moment and then she whispered, “I think I forgot who I was outside of Kyst.”

“What do you mean?” Suki asked seriously.

“I mean, I think part of the reason the therapist was giving me the homework she gave me was to make me see how I spent so much time trying to make him happy, to validate his feelings and his wants, I forgot the things which mattered to me. Kyst was never mean to me, he was never cruel, he was never cold.” She took a breath, “he never acted like a jealous man or ever flirted with anyone in front of me to make me jealous.”

“But?” Suki asked seriously.

“But, he had a way of making me follow his lead and sometimes he would frame it like it was my decision. I keep thinking about the night before everything went sideways and we proved they were cheating.”

“Okay.” Maeve leaned forward to stare at her curiously. “What happened?”

“I got home from work, and I kept thinking how much I wanted Phineas to be wrong. He was such an asshole in his office, and I wanted to be able to prove him wrong and say see, not everyone is a total dickwad.”

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“He told me he treated you pretty callously at first. I found it soned because aside from Denise, I’ve never seen him treat a woman poorly.”

“He told me he was mad at me for not wanting to throw myself at him because he was immediately attracted and he thought I should have reciprocated.” She smirked at Sandra.

“Did you think he was attractive?” Suki asked seriously.

“Yeah of course but I was married and so I do what other normal married women do when they see a super–hot man or a movie star or rock star. I told myself I’d go home, take an extra long shower and a little fantasy. I certainly would never indulge in anything other than a bit of mind play. Anyway, all I wanted was to prove Phineas wrong because he was a dick. Kyst was so good to me. He cooked dinner and he was sweet and then he leaned over me and I smelled it. The perfume was stuck to his shirt like the worst kind of scent.”

“I smelled her yesterday at the gas station. I can confirm she should not wear the scent she wears because it does not mix with her pheromones and more importantly nobody should wear so much perfume.”

Sandra nodded, “each time she would visit the house, we’d need to jack the air exchanger up to clear it out. It’s a lot.”

“Anyway, I smelled it on him, and I immediately knew. I knew he was cheating if she was close enough to leave her scent on

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him. I puked hard.”

“And?”

“And then he said if all this pressure was too much for me, we could stop trying for a baby.”

Suki sat back and connected the dots, “you think he was changing his mind about the baby but was framing it in a way which would make it, so you were the one backing out.”

“Yeah.” She whispered staring at her fingernails. “I think he was starting to second guess his decision to start our family and wanted to make it, so I said it was too hard.”

“Holy shit.” Suki frowned at her logic.

“But why?” Maeve asked. “Why change his mind?”

“I’ve been thinking of this too and I think,” she bit her lip, “not that I believe he’s in love with Denise, I don’t. I know he hasn’t called her. I know he’s staying away from her. However, I think he liked her status. I think he was realizing because I’m so tight with our budget and I’m so strict with spending he couldn’t own the things Denise flaunted. She has a fancy sports car. She wears the fancy perfume which costs hundreds of dollars a bottle. She wears designer clothes all the time when I limit him to a few strategic pieces. He took his coffee to work every day in a thermos to avoid spending money wastefully and she was going to the coffee shop daily for her ten–dollar lattes. She represented

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everything I didn’t. If we brought in a baby, then it means less spending–money for him. I think his affair with Denise exposed him to a lifestyle he wanted. I think the other women I suspect he cheated on me with were more in line with our income, but this level of Denise’s wealth was extraordinary.”

“She blew through money like it was air,” Sandra nodded quietly. “Do you think maybe she bought him things?”

“Maybe? If she did, I never saw it, but he probably drove in her sports car and was hating on his Prius every time he drove it after. A month ago, he was talking about a new car, and I told him we couldn’t afford it and the fertility appointments. I think he wanted to convince me it was my idea to stop just so he could gain more spending money.”

“Jokes on him now.” Sandra smirked, “now you’ll get half of everything he owns and you’re getting three very wealthy men who are going to want to spoil you rotten.”

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