Kayla looked at me in alarm.
“Please don’t report me.”
“I am reporting the forged application and the attempt to use my identity.
The lawyer will help determine how to document your involvement accurately.”
“You’ll destroy my life!”
“No.
Your choices have consequences.
I am not going to lie to protect you from them.”
She stood abruptly.
“I knew you’d choose him!”
I rose too.
“This is not a competition between you and Andrew!”
“It always is!”
“No, Kayla.
It became one when you decided that my marriage was something you could experiment with.”
She flinched.
I continued, my voice trembling.
“I opened my home to you because I love you.
I gave you money because I wanted you to have a chance to start again.
I let you use my car.
I bought your groceries.
