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Olivia

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I felt terrible having to ruin Arthur’s wedding. I wasn’t in the right headspace to go back to the station, so I asked David to go ahead alone. Then I booked a ride to take the kids back to my house.

“Mama! Why did you bring those policemen to take Daddy?” Riley asked as we stepped out of the car.

I took a deep breath, trying to steady my breath as I rummaged through my bag to find the key to the front door. I didn’t know what to say to Riley, so I just kept quiet, hoping she would forget about the question.

But just as we stepped into the house and I closed the door behind me, Rowan spoke up. “Mama, you ignored Riley’s question.” He narrowed his eyes on me.

Jason also chimed into the conversation. “Why did they take my daddy?”

I thought about everything else but I forgot to think about how the kids would react after arresting Alexander in front of all the guests.

They didn’t deserve to see him like that and I should’ve taken them somewhere else first before arresti