Love, Honor, and Betray by Roby, Lawson (ebook reader ink txt) 📕

hung up on him, and she never wanted to hear fromhim again. He’d claimed he loved her but had manipulated her thinking, caused her to become paranoid, and then sat back waitingfor disaster. He’d done what was best for him and hadn’t cared a thing about how she would be affected in the end.

Then, there was Matthew, who had gone to a few sessions with a counselor and had totally worked through the whole Mr. Rushdilemma, but he still sometimes looked at her with disappointment. Charlotte’s relationship with him was much better thanit had been; however, there was still this underlying and very subtle distance between them. She’d been hoping things wouldeventually get completely back to normal but now she feared that might not happen. But it was her own fault, and the mostshe could do was be there for him, make sure he knew he was the most important person in her life, and that she would neverhurt or let him down again.

Charlotte closed her eyes, enjoying the breeze and warm sunshine. For some strange reason, she thought about Raven, the womanCurtis had been forced to terminate on the spot. Maybe the reason Charlotte thought about her, though, was because she sortof sympathized and could slightly identify with her—identify with the idea of acting selfishly and then having to deal withthe consequences.

Sadly for Raven, though, there was going to be jail time involved because Curtis’s suspicions had been right. Raven had cleverlyembezzled nearly one hundred thousand dollars from the church and had been arrested. Charlotte hadn’t been able to fathomsomething like this, but she guessed Raven’s gambling problem had gotten the best of her, and she’d become desperate. She’ddone whatever she had to in order to fuel her addiction, and it hadn’t been a good thing.

But then who was she to criticize Raven or anyone else, because she hadn’t made the right choices either. As a matter of fact, she’d made some of the worst decisions in her life and possiblywouldn’t recover from them. She would go on and wouldn’t give up, but it was certainly a major challenge. It was hard nothaving the kind of relationship she’d always been used to having with Curtis, and there were many days when all she wantedto do was break down. There were times when she didn’t even want to get out of bed. But again, she wouldn’t give up. Not onlife and not on getting her husband to love and trust her the way he had in the past. She would make this her utmost priority.

Then, if she got him back, she would be faithful until death. She would love, honor, and never betray her husband again.

Reading Group Guide

Love, Honor, and Betray—Discussion Questions

If your husband conceived a child with a mistress, would you divorce him? What would be your overall reaction? Do you know someone who has experienced this in real life?

As you read Love, Honor, and Betray, did you feel that Charlotte had every right not to want Curtina living with them, or was she completely out of line? Please explain your position and opinion.

Do you feel that Curtis did all that he could in terms of trying to reason with Charlotte and making things right with her? What could he have done differently?

Were you surprised that Charlotte slept with a man she didn’t know without giving much thought to it?

What did you think when Tom called Charlotte, demanding that she see him again or else? Were you surprised by this?

From the beginning of the story until the end, were you expecting Curtis to return to his old ways or continue on the straight and narrow? How did you feel once you learned his decision?

How do you think Charlotte’s treatment of Curtina as well as her outside affairs will end up affecting Matthew? When he is older, do you think he’ll end up with a woman like his mother, or will he end up being unfaithful to the women in his life the same as his father once was?

Did you have any idea why Tom was blackmailing Charlotte? If so, at what point did you begin to suspect it had something to do with Curtis?

Are you happy that Charlotte has finally ac­­cepted Curtina and is now being a loving mother to her? Do you think Charlotte’s feelings are genuine? If so, why do you think she’s had such a noticeable change of heart?

Do you think Curtis truly will divorce Charlotte once Matthew graduates from high school and heads to Harvard? What would you like to see happen with Curtis and Charlotte’s marriage?

Contents

Copyright

Title Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Epilogue

Reading Group Guide

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright © 2011 by Kimberla Lawson Roby

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