She was trying to show how strong she was and that a broken marriage wouldn’t break her. I admired her for her strength, and I couldn’t imagine what she was going through.
I sank deeper and deeper into myself, finding what it was that I truly had at my core: nothing, just a deep emptiness. I knew I couldn’t go on living like this.
I’m leaving you, Dean.” “Yeah right . . . and go do what? You aren’t worth anything and don’t know how to do anything. You may as well be a child who still needs—”