Chapter 22 –  Just Five Things

(Anj’s POV)

“I want to give my son a lesson, and if you decide to stay married to Sky for a year, I will support you and your family, give you everything you want,” Steve Mars said.

“Tempting,” I smiled, wanting to tell him I was not born yesterday to fall into the pit of his great offer. Staying married to his son without love or even desire, except when we were drunk, was like digging my own grave to make my life miserable. “Just five things.” It was almost a whisper when I said it.

Steve crossed his arms to his chest and narrowed his eyes on me as he pursed his lips, creasing his forehead as he thought.

“Did you know that the quilt is important to my family?” he asked, and when I nodded, he continued, “My grandmother made it herself when Sky was born,” he informed me.

“Yes, I know. Sky told me,” I smiled sheepishly at him. “As I said, I’m an orphan, and when my mother found me in a carton box, there was nothing to identify my family or me. Let’s just say I had a thing for some sort