Summer pushed through the restroom door and stumbled toward the sink. With her trembling hand, she twisted the tap open and splashed water onto her face, again and again, hoping the cold water would numb the ache clawing inside her chest. But with each splash of water, the ache only intensified. Tears spilled out of her eyes, no matter how hard she tried to hold them back.
'Gideon married Danica. He had a son with her.'
This was what she had always known. It shouldn't have hurt her. She had told herself that his life, his choices, had nothing to do with her anymore. She had repeated it like a mantra since the day he pushed her away. But the moment she had seen them together, all the pain resurfaced.
The idea of Gideon having a perfect life with Danica, the one who had destroyed her happy family, was nearly unbearable. She wouldn't have felt this much pain if he had married any other woman, but Danica…
The name alone made her chest twist painfully.
