“I want you to know I never wanted to hurt you. Ethan told me you had not loved each other for a long time and that the divorce was inevitable and you believed him. I was in love, blind and stupid.”
“He promised he would marry me, that we would buy a house in Italy. Children, children, I am pregnant, Emily, with Ethan’s child. I found out last week.”
Emily felt a pang in her heart. He was going to have a child with his mistress while her own baby had not survived.
“Why do you think it is Ethan’s?”
“My husband and I were careful because I was going to leave him for yours. And what else did you want to tell me about Ethan’s plans?”
“He did not just plan to divorce you. He planned…” Pamela hesitated. “What did he to kill you after you gave birth to make it look like an accident or a postpartum crisis?”
Emily felt her blood run cold.
“Are you kidding me?”
“No. He has contacts in the criminal world. People who know how to eliminate obstacles. Ethan said it was simpler. No need to divide assets in the divorce.”
“And you kept quiet.”
“I thought he was not serious, that they were just words.”
“And when did you realize he was serious?”