My Son Invited Me to His Engagement Party — Then Introduced Me to the Woman Who Ruined My Marriage

“So,” he says, looking between us, “my mom walked in on my dad and your twin, who looks exactly like you. None of you knew who the other person really was. Now Mom thinks you’re her.”

“Pretty much,” I say.

I look at Alice.

She looks sick.

“I am so sorry,” she says. “For what she did. For what Tom did.

For what you walked in on. I swear to you, I had nothing to do with it. But I’m still sorry.”

I study her face.

The way her hands twist together. The way she doesn’t defend her sister, doesn’t try to paint herself as a saint, just sits with the ugliness.

She’s not the woman from that day.

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