Mark was sitting in the living room. He didn’t even look up when Emma entered. “Mark, what is this?” Emma’s voice was quiet, but there was no mistaking the hurt and betrayal in her tone. “You’ve moved in with Dave? Why?”
He looked at her, his face twisted. “I can’t do this. I can’t handle it. The baby, she’s too dark, Emma. how could you?” Her world crashed down around her. “You left me because of her skin color?” she asked, her voice trembling with disbelief.
Emma didn’t stay. She didn’t say another word. She just turned and walked out, her emotions swirling. The man she had married—her partner, the father of her child—had abandoned them for something as shallow and cruel as skin color. But Emma wasn’t going to break.