CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: A Tantrum

A strange gust of wind blew into the reception hall after that angry voice. Scott froze when he saw his ex-wife scowling at him as if she was going to rip him apart any moment from now.

Still oblivious, he uttered, "Zara, what are you doing here?"

Zara tilted her head back in disgusted confusion. "What am I doing here? Did you seriously ask me that? You are holding my son's hand and you are asking me such a silly question!"

"What?" Scott looked down at Jayden and then back at his ex-wife. "This is your son?"

"Hey, Mommy!" Jayden squealed and ran to his mother before Scott could get an answer.

Zara picked him up and held him tightly. She looked at him all over. "Did he hurt you, baby? I thought I told you not to talk to strangers. What were you doing with him?"

"He's not a stranger, Mommy. That's Tommy's father. You wanted to meet him on Monday, remember?"

It wasn't until then that Zara realized what was going on here. The Tommy her son had spoken about with so much excitement was actu