Chapter 79

“I just have a lot of different inclinations and I’m very curious by nature, and when I like someone, sometimes I take it to a higher level than maybe you would.” Davinder paused, reorganizing his thoughts. “After I left Paris…I didn’t feel very good about myself and I sought out your mom because I remembered how good she made me feel, and really, that was my first mistake. I fell in love with her and she with me, for the wrong reasons. We both needed the other to fix us. But then we had kids together, and that was it for me…I’d always wanted to be a father, and she made that dream come true. For a while, that’s what it was…a dream.”

“You did love her,” Fay said, gently. She was sobering up. “You were happy, then?”

“No, not really. Because there was always that longing inside me. Whenever things got tense between us, I’d shut down and start getting those cravings. Not for men specifically, but for freedom, adventure…”

“You felt trapped by us.”