the way it did.”
“But you did mean to sleep with my husband. Were you hoping he’d leave me for you?”
“At first, it was just something that happened.”
“At first? So it wasn’t a onetime thing? You were carrying on an affair behind my back.”
Heather caught herself with a gasp. “It wasn’t like that.”
Oh, yes it was. And Mason felt every ounce of pain he saw etched on Sierra’s face along with her anger.
“You weren’t sneaking around behind my back fucking my husband every chance you got? Without protection? For God’s sake, Heather, you got pregnant with his child.”
“That was an accident.”
“Right. You tripped and fell on his dick in the dark and didn’t realize he wasn’t wearing a condom.”
Heather’s mouth drew into a tight line. “You’re angry. Maybe we should talk about this once you’ve calmed down.”
“This is as calm as I will ever be when it comes to you fucking my husband. And this is the last time we will ever speak. Period.”
Heather’s eyes pleaded. “You don’t mean that. Hallee is Danny and Oliver’s sister. They deserve to know that and grow up knowing each other.”
“Is that right? So you want to tell those two little boys that their father lied to their mother and cheated on her by sleeping with her own sister. Their aunt. How do you think that will make them feel about their father? You think they’ll think he was a good man?”
“We can explain it in a way that doesn’t make them upset with David.”
Sierra laughed without any mirth in a nearly hysterical sound. “You stupid bitch. You didn’t think about anything but yourself. You just took what you wanted, consequences be damned. You didn’t think about how this would hurt me, let alone the children. Tearing up a family didn’t even give you pause.”
“I didn’t want anyone to get hurt. David and I had this amazing connection. He said I made him feel alive.”
“Stop talking,” Mason warned Heather, knowing every excuse out of her mouth was a dagger through the back and straight into Sierra’s heart.
Sierra stood rigid. “No. Go ahead. Tell me how much David wanted you.”
“He loved me,” Heather whispered.
“Did he tell you that while he was fucking you, then coming home to me?”
Heather looked unsure. “I knew he did. I felt it.” Sierra laughed again and it set Heather off. “You don’t know what we had.”
“No. I don’t. Because I was taking care of my kids while you were trying to steal their father and break up their home.” Sierra paused, then shook her head and laughed under her breath. “When I arrived, you were surprised I wanted to move back home. You thought David was the one who wanted to move back here and I didn’t want to leave Napa. You thought that because that’s what he told you.” She hit Heather with another hard truth. “What did you think he’d do, move us all down here and you two would carry on your affair right under my nose? He didn’t want to get caught. He didn’t want to lose his family. He didn’t want to be with you, Heather. If he did, he’d have left me. All he did was give you excuses.”
Hurt, Heather retaliated. “Yeah, well, while you thought he was on a business trip, he was actually with me.”
“I got that. Stupid me for believing my husband, thinking that he cared about me and would never hurt me. I knew there was something wrong between us and I didn’t do anything about it. I ignored it, because I had faith we’d make it right. And we had a good life despite the growing distance between us.”
Heather just stared at Sierra.
“What? Did you think we were fighting like cats and dogs?” Sierra sighed. “You don’t know anything about us, Heather. You weren’t there when we sat down to dinner and talked about the boys and our day. You weren’t there when he played with the boys and put them to bed and spent the weekends hanging out with all of us. You broke a family that could have been saved given some time for David and me to find our way back to each other, because we probably would have. At the core of our relationship we were always friends.”
“You put all the blame on me, but he betrayed you, too.”
“He did. But you’re my sister. I thought that meant something. I would have done anything for you.” Sierra’s eyes filled with disgust before she closed them for