“I recognized her right away,” Rebecca admits. “She was nothing like Jack had described.”
Kate was graceful. Attractive. Poised. And to Rebecca’s shock, she wasn’t alone.
“They greeted me like I was someone they’d known forever. Like I was just a friend of their mom’s. Not their dad’s pregnant mistress.”
Then, Kate said something Rebecca will never forget.
She turned to her children and, in a tone of composed honesty, said: “This is Rebecca. Your dad’s mistress.”
No one flinched.
“It was surreal,” Rebecca says quietly.
A Calm Proposal—and a Shocking Truth
Kate didn’t waste time.
She explained that she had known about Jack’s affairs for years. It wasn’t a surprise. It had been a quiet, simmering pain that she had come to tolerate—until a child was involved.
