False Step

by Victoria Helen Stone

It turned out that frantically gluing the broken pieces of a marriage back together didn’t make for the tightest hold. The seams had eventually given way and left her sitting in a giant, messy pile of hurt and anger and memories.

As a woman, she’d been taught by the world that she couldn’t have it all no matter how hard she tried. And she’d finally come to believe it.

And when she was alone, she’d be truly, blessedly alone. It would be so much less lonely than living with someone who’d ruined the love you’d once had.