I smiled on the day my husband finalized our divorce and married the woman he had been seeing behind my back while I was eight months pregnant.

But I can give you truth, presence, patience, and every ordinary day I used to overlook.”

Emily’s eyes filled.

“I once thought leaving was the end of our story,” she said. “Maybe it needed to be the end of who we were. But not the end of who we could become.”

Ethan tugged on Elliot’s sleeve and whispered loudly, “This is the kissing part.”

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