When Eleanor Lost Access to Her Own Money, Everything Changed

enough, you would grow into the goodness I knew was there.”

He looked away.

“But maybe I loved you into believing the fall was never yours.”

He picked up the box again.

His hands were white around the cardboard.

“You’re going to choose her over me?”

“No,” I said. “I’m choosing myself.”

His face closed.

Completely.

“I gave you one chance to handle this privately.continue reading …