part 2 The man who spent eleven years blaming me for our childlessness threw me out of our home9-008v

body for answers. I had apologized for pain I had not caused. I had accepted blame because the people around me handed it over so confidently.

Now I knew one truth.

Ryan did not deserve the first words about my child.

Not today.

Maybe not ever.

“Drive,” I said softly.

Gabriel nodded.

As the SUV pulled away from the curb, I did not look back again.

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