Chapter 52

Zachary stared in disbelief at Jessica. He had been surviving on takeout and cold egg sandwiches, yet she still claimed he was difficult to handle. Steven glanced at Zachary before softly comforting Jessica, "What's wrong?" "Isn't Zachary supposed to have a sensitive stomach?" Jessica leaned her head against Steven's shoulder, worried about being exposed. "I woke up early to make him chicken noodle soup, but he refused to eat it…" Zachary was so furious he almost burst into tears. "You're lying!" She hadn't made him anything. In the morning, she ordered him takeout. Steven pushed Jessica aside. He walked over to the couch, signaling for Zachary to come over. "Come here, tell Daddy what you had for breakfast." Zachary felt even more wronged when he saw Steven. He couldn't hold it in any longer and recounted everything that had happened that morning. By the end, he couldn't stop the tears from falling. "She went out without me, and when she came back, she hit me." Steven didn