My husband demanded a divorce after coming home drunk—but instead of breaking down, I calmly finished breakfast, packed my life on my terms, and left him with silence and cinnamon rolls.

enough to smell that floral scent. Close enough to see the faint lipstick smear on his collar.

And I went upstairs to our bedroom.

I pulled out the suitcase I had bought for our honeymoon to Cancun four years earlier and started packing.

Seven minutes.

That’s how long it took to pack my entire life in that house.

Seven minutes.

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