Simone POV
"Are you sure you don't want either of us in there," Jared asks, pointing between him and Trevor. We are standing outside Jared's office. I know that Anya and the girls wanted to be here too, but this is something I need to do alone. I have no idea exactly what he plans to say to me, but I don't want anyone interfering. I want to hear the truth of why he hated me and tried to barter me from him. "No, I need to do this. Once this is done, I want to focus on the future and not the past. He can't hurt me anymore."
"Mona, he isn't the same man he was. I know you don't believe it, but he loves you," Jared says. "No, I don't believe that. I was there growing up when he acted like I didn't exist until he decided I was useful to him. Nothing you say is going to change the past. I agr
