I Came Home After Two Weeks Away And My Daughter In Law Asked What I Was Doing In The House I Bought With My Own Money

to bed.

For the first time in weeks, I slept without waking.

Tomorrow would come with its own complications. Maybe Matthew would call again. Maybe he would not. Maybe someday, if he became someone worth trusting again, I would let him back in, on terms I set, in a way that left my dignity intact.

Or maybe not.

Either way, the choice would be mine.

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