My husband arrived at my door with my cousin, two babies, and a smug grin, declaring, ‘She lives here now.’ I handed him the keys, smiled back, and said “HOPE YOU ENJOY THE HOUSE UNTIL TOMORROW”

Not innocence.

Desire.

She wanted what I had.

The home. The life. The stability.

And she told herself a story that made it feel justified.

“You have until tomorrow night to leave my house,” I said.

“We don’t have anywhere else to go.”

That word—we—almost landed.

Not because it included Michael.

Because it included the babies.

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