Her Heart's Silent Divorce

decision I' d made had settled deep in my bones. It wasn' t a choice

ring a pair of my pajamas. They were a little too big for her, ma

eyes. "I hope you don' t mind, I borrowed these. All my clothes are st

my voice neutral. I walked to the c

pancakes in front of her. "Here you go

me. "Do you

," I said. "C

efusal to play along with this happy fa

top of Sarah' s head. "Morning, sunshine." Then he turn

andly gesture. I turned my head slightly so his lips l

ally glancing at me, as if to make sure I was included. "We should go out to dinn

hat!" Sarah sque

t," I sa

of eyes sw

sked, his voice sha

things

"What' s more important than cel

ld feel their anger radiating across the room, but it didn' t tou

his voice rising. "You' re doing this on purp

ing at him. "Your reunion? Don' t w

in the sink and walked out of the kitch

and I heard them talking in the hallway. I didn'

?" Ethan hissed. "I kn

with a strange mix of frustration and something else

cerned. "Maybe it' s my fault. M

" Liam said immediately. "Sh

, did you ever tell her... about my

. I froze, my han

long moment. "No. N

with that. The doctors told her it would be difficult. I just thought... maybe she feels like I' m rubbin

conversations with doctors, the sense of failure I carried deep inside me... he had shared it all

m said, but his denial was we

rd. They were using my deepest vulnerability against me, painting me as a jealous,

walked past them as if I hadn' t heard a

he front door when

are you

," I

earching my face. "Chloe,

Sarah," I said, m

or was slightly ajar. Through the crack, I saw Sarah. She was on the phone, her back

kissin

real kiss, on the lips. Long and lingering. Eth

so many levels. They were siblings, even if they hadn't

ng. No jealousy, no outrage, no surprise. It was just... inf

arm from L

to go,"

esterday was now an absolute necessity. I wasn't just leaving a loveless marriage. I was