staring at painted wood, listening to Chloe make soft noises behind me.
“I have a life now. Stop showing up with your little brat.”
Tessa laughed
behind him.
The door closed before I could answer.
I stood there staring at painted wood, listening to Chloe make soft noises behind me.
Something inside me went still.
My neighbor, June, helped carry Chloe upstairs and asked whether I needed anything.
I had spent weeks begging Eric to remember we mattered.
I finally stopped.