But I had a job.

My baby was safe.

And each evening I could tell him, “We did it again.”

I began to understand that independence wasn’t a single moment when I walked out of a door.

It was a series of ordinary mornings when I kept choosing not to walk back through it.

PART 19

The first settlement meeting was held in a neutral conference room at the end of winter.

Kyle’s attorneys arrived with a proposal concerning the house, support, and parenting time.