She won’t let anyone take me away from her, she never has. She’s done terrible things to people over the years—friends, colleagues, lovers, none of them good enough for me, in her estimation. She thought I needed saving from every single one. I thought once the twins were born, once she had a family of her own, things might change, but they didn’t, she held on more tightly than ever before. I think she was even a little bit pleased when I couldn’t get pregnant, worried that my love for a child would somehow diminish my love for her. It was different with Paul, the celebrity author. She decided
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