I Planned A Trip To Save My Marriage—Until My In-Laws Hurt My Child – The Archivist

with a defect like you. I’ll be getting married to him now.”

A defect. The word hit like a slap.

Something cold slid into place inside me. Maybe it was shock. Maybe it was survival. Maybe it was the part of me that had finally gotten tired of being the person people could use as a stepping stone.

I exhaled slowly and said, “Congratulations.”

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