orn Between

led with warmth and hesitation, while I could fe

ling me apart. The air in the room was thick with tens

usband, his voice was calm and gentle taking a quick loo

ping back onto the porch, g

, a permanent frown on

her man in front our house, in front of our kids

tone, how dare he be

yone, David. You forfeited that right the m

but his glare

pretend this Michael guy can b

ed angrily. "Unlike you, I do have sel

er cutting the tension as they stopped

called, holding Liam's hand

nd bent down to kiss their fo

ael, okay? I'll be

I turned back to David, tired about this

ut us, a family that is broken, a ma

now mean, Caroline

said shrugging my shoulder

er as he clenched his fi

I sat alone in the living room, staring at

s: anger, sadness, guilt, and surprisingly a little

ilted as he didn't say anything about the confrontation that happened in my house

e wasn't influencing my decision, he was giving me the chance to figur

s abo

ification. I picked it up and frowned

e was shor

n you want to hear from, but we need

sage again and again, trying to figure

ssibly have to say that wou

ke willingly facing heartbreak again

e to say everything I'd be

-

ingers wrapped a bit tightly around a cup

walked in, my stom

r. She saw me immediately and approached

said, sitting

u for mee

reeting at all, my eyes narrow

you want,

the table, like she was filled w

d to apo

message from David promising to marry her or something else, hell I'll t

gain to be sure that I wa

**

g at the ceiling as Jessica's words ke

ere innocent in all this But could I reall

his wife and I also dreamed about the life I wanted to give my children. But the reality was cle

rning, I ma

keeping my voice calm and steady deapite th

as kind and professional, taking me throu

r a while thinking this through. This was the life

oice low as possible as I swallowed

d to have fu

lawyer spoke again. "Are you

and conversation with Jessica solidified that fact, they wanted her more and I

I'm

felt heavy and sick but I

t like hell. But for the first time in a long ti

lp but wonder: was this really the end of what I thought was forever once upon