“I have only one child. But my house never looks this neat. Please tell me what cleaning service you use.”
“No service. Can’t afford one since I turned into a stay-at-home mom. I never guessed I’d want to be one. But motherhood took me by surprise. I’m one of those women who discovers her calling only after kids arrive.”
Valerie shrugged.
“Took Kent by surprise, too. He hadn’t expected me to change so much.”
“I don’t understand.” Channing had assumed that Valerie had ended the marriage because Harper did what jerks do when wifey is eight months pregnant.
“How did having children change you?” she asked.
“I couldn’t stand being a cop’s wife. Him leaving for work, me not knowing if he’d be alive at the end of his shift.” Valerie sighed as if she found her own words too dramatic. “I know
