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PART 2 END I FOUND OUT MY HUSBAND WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE COMPANY’S YOUNG INTERN, BUT I REFUSED TO GIVE HIM THE EXPLOSIVE COLLAPSE HE WAS PROBABLY WAITING FOR. INSTEAD, I GATHERED EVERY SUIT, EVERY SHINED PAIR OF SHOES, AND EVERY COSTLY LITTLE ACCESSORY HE OWNED, DROVE TO HIS OFFICE, AND HANDED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO THE WOMAN HE HAD CHOSEN INSTEAD OF ME. WHEN I PUSHED THOSE SUITCASES TO HER FEET AND CALMLY SAID, “CONGRATULATIONS... HE BELONGS TO YOU NOW,” THE WHOLE LOBBY FELL SILENT
I WAS KICKED OUT OF MY PARENTS’ HOME AT NINETEEN BECAUSE I REFUSED TO ABORT MY BABY. FOR TEN YEARS, THEY THOUGHT I WAS A STUBBORN, CARELESS DAUGHTER WHO HAD DESTROYED HER OWN FUTURE. WHAT THEY NEVER UNDERSTOOD WAS THAT I HAD A REASON—A SECRET SO HEAVY THAT I WARNED THEM SOMEDAY, EVERY ONE OF US WOULD REGRET IT. TEN YEARS LATER, I RETURNED TO OHIO WITH MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON, STOOD AT THE SAME DOOR THAT HAD ONCE BEEN SLAMMED IN MY FACE, AND SAID ONE SENTENCE THAT DRAINED THE COLOR FROM THEIR FACES. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT STILL STAYS WITH ME