“I Give the Orders Here,” He Shouted—Until I Told Him Who I Was

back, satisfied. “I’m an alpha male. I see the world as it is. You chased a career to run from your nature. Now you’re just a dried-up old maid playing dress-up.”

I looked at my mother, silently begging her to say something.

“He just wants you to be happy, Aubrey,” Mom stammered, her voice breaking. “Mark knows about these things.”

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