Chapter 30
Valerie Will
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I couldn’t focus on the meeting even if I tried:
My mind kept drifting back to Patrick.
I had a feeling something would go wrong if I came to New York. Jamal tried to convince me that I wouldn’t see any of them, but he was wrong.
I should’ve listened to my guts.
I couldn’t even run from Patrick if I wanted.
He insisted on waiting for me until the meeting was over.
What did he want to talk about? There was nothing to talk about with him. I was scared that I would randomly blurt out the fact that we had a son together.
I couldn’t risk that. I needed to find a way to make him leave.
After the meeting ended, I decided to spend a few more hours upstairs, hoping Patrick would get tired and leave. But my plan didn’t work.
Patrick came to the fifth
