During my daughter’s baby shower, I walked in to find her on her hands and knees scrubbing spilled wine off the rug.

“You’re going to destroy him.”

“No, Patricia,” I replied evenly. “You raised him. I’m simply removing the audience.”

Emily slowly pulled her wrist free.

She stood taller than I’d seen her stand in years.

“Brandon,” she said, voice trembling but steady, “I want a divorce.”

He scoffed immediately. “You’ll come back.”

“No,” she answered softly. “I won’t.”

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