Because Daisy’s school was nearby.

Because Oliver’s nursery was there.

Because after months of believing I wanted nothing connected to Gabriel, I realized the house had also been mine.

I did not need to surrender my own history just because he behaved badly inside it.

PART 52 — I REPAINT THE BEDROOM

Not because Bianca had stood there.

Because I hated beige.

Warm green.

New curtains.

Different bed.