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The Day I Stopped Hiding

“See to it Declan is allowed inside as well.

I want him there.”

When I walked back into the living room, a drafted divorce agreement was already sitting on the coffee table — that was how little my leaving frightened him.

“Sign it and go,” Declan ordered.

“But Poppy stays.

Seraphina needs her to carry the train of her gown tonight.”

I picked up the pen.

I drew a single clean line through the custody clause, signed my name beneath it, and dropped the pages against his chest.

“We’ll see each other tonight,” I said, and lifted my sleeping daughter, and walked out the front door of that house for the last time.

Behind me, Declan was still smiling.

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