His voice cracked.
“I loved her for six years.
I thought we were going to get married.
When I found those messages, I asked her what was going on.
She told me I was paranoid.
Then she accused me of controlling her and left.”
“Did you throw her out?”
“I told her she couldn’t stay with me while she was lying about another relationship and using our joint account to send money to him.
I didn’t leave her with nothing.
I gave her money to get somewhere safe.”
The detail unsettled me.
Kayla had told me Marcus threw her out with nowhere to go.
But perhaps he had set boundaries she didn’t want to accept.
