She needed time. Time to breathe. Time to understand what she felt. Time to prepare herself for whatever came next.
A Conversation That Changed Everything
Two days later, Daniel came home.
She didn’t accuse. She didn’t raise her voice. She simply asked him to explain.
What followed hurt more than she expected.
Daniel didn’t deny it.
He didn’t apologize either.
He brushed it off, speaking as if it were insignificant. As if loyalty were flexible. As if promises were optional.
He told her she was still his wife.
He suggested that what she didn’t know shouldn’t matter.
He implied that she would accept it.
This was not the man she thought she knew.
Or perhaps it was, and she had refused to see it.
The Moment She Chose Herself
Something inside Emma shifted that evening.
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