The empire had been mine all along, held up by the very woman he’d spent six years teaching to feel small.
“I didn’t know,” he said, and took a step toward me.
“Talia — my love — you should have told me.”
Chapter 12 — I Told You Who I Was
I looked at him, and I found that I felt nothing at all.
“I told you exactly who I was every single day,” I said.
“I told you I was your wife.
I told you I was the mother of your daughter.
I told you I deserved to be treated with basic respect.
That should have been more than enough.