“Why in the hell would he do that? He can have any woman he wants, so why stay with someone like me?”
“What’s going on?” Hope said as she and Beth walked into the room.
“I’m moving back home and filing for a divorce.”
Both women’s mouths dropped open.
“Why?” Beth said.
“Because he’s sleeping with one of the maids, and I won’t be with a man like my father. I deserve better.”
“I can’t imagine it,” Beth said. “I would have sworn he loved you deeply. The Maclean men will go overboard to make a woman they love happy.”
“I’m not saying this to hurt you, Beth, but if Alastair loved you enough, don’t you think he’d marry you? We’ve talked about this before. We all prayed that watching another of his brothers marry would get him to finally marry you. Has he said anything?”
Beth blinked a few times and shook her head. “No. I knowyou’re not trying to hurt me. It’s true, and it’s something I’ve said to myself a hundred times. But I always come back to the realization that I love the man more than anything, and that I’ll take him any way I can. I know that probably makes me sound pathetic…”
“No,” Angelica said and hugged her. “I get it. If it wasn’t another woman, I could probably handle anything.”
“What do you want me to say to him?” Faith said.
“Tell him I’m out of his hair. I’ll file and have my lawyer send him the divorce papers.”
“What if he doesn’t want a divorce?” Hope asked.
“I can’t imagine he’d want to stay with someone he doesn’t like.”
“Besides the woman, what else is he doing?” Faith asked.
“He hasn’t touched me in over a week. When we married, he had me in bed a few times a day. When I try to talk to him, he turns and walks away. I waited for him last night, hoping we could talk, but he never came to bed at all. His side was still smoothed. He was with her.”
“Damn him,” Faith said.
“I want to leave,” Angelica said. “I’ll call you guys later.”
“Okay. I love you,” Hope said.
“I love all three of you.” She turned to Beth. “If you ever want to get away, you always have a room at my house, and you can stay there as long as you want.”
“Thank you. It’s nice to know I’ve got somewhere else to go,” Beth said.
“We’ll always be sisters, Beth. I love you.”
“I love you, too,” Beth said.
“I need to go. I’ll talk to you all soon.” Angelica walked out of the house and stopped the first guard. “Do you know where Jamison is?”
“He took Alastair and Duncan somewhere.”
“Is there anyone else that can drive me to my house?”
“Does Duncan know you’re going?”
God, she hated to lie to the man. “Yes, of course.”
“Then I can take you.”
“Thank you.” She stayed silent on the way to her house, and the guard, Terry, didn’t say anything. They pulled up, and he parked and came around to open her door.