A future.

But more important than anything the court awarded, Gwen recovered the part of herself she had slowly surrendered long before the marriage ended.

She stopped apologizing for needing answers.

Stopped confusing silence with peace.

Stopped treating every contribution she made as ordinary simply because it had not come with a salary.

Stopped allowing someone else’s version of her life to become more powerful than her own memory.

The company money had mattered because it proved what Douglas denied.

But it was never the greatest thing she got back.

She got herself back.

And this time, she had no intention of disappearing again.