Chapter 70

Janice glanced at the door as a knock sounded on it. She rolled on the bed and snatched the hanky beside her to blow her nose. Her eyes were puffy, but she didn't care. She only wanted the pain that seemed to have multiplied ever since she moved out of the room she shared with Jules to vanish. Also, the new ones that surfaced when she knew about what happened seemed to intensify all that she had been feeling and wondered if she could do anything. As soon as she got home, she had tried to set up a meeting with Jules to talk about everything, but it seemed like he didn't want to see her because each time she went close to his room, she noticed it was locked. She didn't know where he often went and didn't have the dignity to ask lest she appeared like a stalker. But it bothers her and made it seem like salvaging their marriage was hopeless. The knock sounded again, breaking her out of her thoughts. Janice croaked, "Come in." Grace stepped into the room as usual, with her son. "He'