When Family Became a Place I Couldn’t Return To novel Chapter 100

“Carrie can be stubborn sometimes, sure, but it was nothing serious. Why did you get so upset? Or is this actually about me?” Sheila’s leg was still healing. She limped over to Brody, eyes rimmed with red. Ever since that day Brody realized he might have misjudged Nelly, he’d been keeping his distance from Sheila, always using work as his excuse. Sheila thought a little space would help him cool off, but now even Carrie seemed to be feeling the heat of his anger.

“You should go home,” Brody said, his voice flat. He moved to step around her.

“Is this about Nelly?” Sheila wouldn’t let it go. “Alan told me you haven’t filed for divorce yet. Do you really not want to leave her?”

“It’s not that I don’t want a divorce. Marriage... it doesn’t mean anything to me,” Brody replied, his tone icy.

Sheila knew he meant it. He never loved Nelly, so of course he wouldn’t miss her. But he didn’t love Sheila either, so he wasn’t going to leave his wife for her.

“But what about Carrie? Maybe you don’t care, but you have to think about her. Do you really want her stuck in a family that’s falling apart?” Panic crept into Sheila’s voice. Her usual careful words disappeared, replaced by raw honesty.

“So you had Carrie try to push me into a divorce.” Brody turned and looked at her, his stare cutting right through her.

Sheila sucked in a shaky breath. “Brody, no, I didn’t. It was Carrie’s idea...”

“I don’t care if you did or didn’t. I don’t want to hear anything like that from Carrie again.” Brody cut her off. He turned his back, his eyes distant, lost somewhere in his thoughts.

“And another thing. Did you mess with Nelly’s medical report?”

Brody hadn’t planned on ever asking her that, but seeing Sheila now, he just couldn’t keep it in. He’d had Alan check the hospital cameras. A lot of people handled the report that day, including Selina. Selina was the first one who accused Nelly of faking her illness. But Brody knew Selina was only trying to help Sheila. The two of them had worked together, pushing his doubts about Nelly right when he saw that report.

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