But sometimes I feel like every decision we make revolves around her.
I’m not sure I could raise her alone if something happened to you. Perhaps Ria would be better suited to that.
I want a marriage where we get to think about ourselves sometimes.
Please try to understand.”
I read it again.
“Please try to understand.”
Then I noticed Dad’s handwriting on the back.
“Vanessa told me she was afraid of the responsibility.
We talked, and she promised we’d face the future together. I believe she wants to make this work.”
And for four years, I’d been paying for a promise she hadn’t kept.
Vanessa knocked a few minutes later.
“Zoe, open the door.”
I did.
I’d been paying for a promise she hadn’t kept.
She looked at the letter in my hand.
“That was written during an argument. I saw your father put it in that envelope. He said he’d destroy it.”
