His face turned pale, his eyes filled with regret. But what did that change?
I pressed my lips and looked at him with contempt. "Leones, you're disgusting!"
"Rebecca!" he protested, his face darkening with anger before quickly being replaced by a look of regret.
He stammered, finally lowering his head and weeping silently.
Even then, I wasn't done with him.
I lifted my shirt, exposing my scarred, sagging belly.
Two gruesome surgical scars snaked across my abdomen, horrifying to look at.
I pointed to them and said, "Other women get maybe one scar from childbirth. I bore two, and this is how you repay me?"
Leones' eyes filled with anguish.
He reached out to touch me, but I pulled away, tears welling up.
"I followed you from the moment I graduated college. We worked ourselves to the bone to get to where we are now. Your company is thriving, our life is settling down, and yet you…"
I choked up, trying to steady my emotions. "I used to hear that men change once they have money. I didn't believe it. I thought you were different, Leones. But it turns out… you're just the same.
"Leones, you've really let me down."