Chapter 122

• COLE
• Everything I said to Arlene and her father had come from a sincere place. When I set out to tell her father that I had confirmed she was my wife, I intended to stick to that part of the story and ask that she reveal the tattoo if she decided to oppose the statement.
• But the conversation had taken a different turn when she decided to tell the truth about her life as Yasmin. At that point, I knew I had to divulge more information than just, “she’s my wife, and I know it.”