had learned that trust was not simply believing someone would never hurt me.
Trust also meant believing that when a difficult situation arose, my partner would treat me as someone deserving of the truth.
I had learned that a person could have good intentions and still make deeply hurtful decisions.
And I had learned that loving someone did not require me to accept every explanation they offered.
Eliam and I still had work to do.
We had to rebuild habits of communication, make financial decisions together, and establish boundaries that
