married would not automatically mean success.
Leaving would not automatically mean failure.
What mattered was whether I could live with the decision I made.
I hugged Emma.
“Whatever happens, I’m going to be all right.”
She hugged me tightly.
“I know you will, Mom.”
For the first time in months, I believed it, too.
Chapter Eleven: The Woman I Had Forgotten
The following weeks were not dramatic.
There were no public confrontations, no furious messages to Rebecca, and no attempts to humiliate Daniel in front of his colleagues.
I had
