Chapter 24: Finding Myself
POV: Celeste The divorce is final. Six weeks instead of six months. The court called it “expedited due to exceptional […]
POV: Celeste The divorce is final. Six weeks instead of six months. The court called it “expedited due to exceptional […]
POV: Dominic The divorce papers arrive by courier. Official. Legal. Final. I sit in the empty house—my house, not ours
POV: Celeste Nina drives me to the lawyer’s office. I’ve been staying with her for a week now. Since I
POV: Rory Three days in the hospital. Three days of doctors checking on me. Three days of grief counselors offering
POV: Rory Court day. I almost don’t go. But something makes me get dressed. Show up. Maybe I need closure.
POV: Rory I’m late. Two weeks late. I don’t think anything of it at first. Stress can mess with cycles.
POV: Celeste I hear everything from the guest room. Dominic’s voicemails to Rory. His desperate pleas. His admission: “I choose
POV: Dominic She’s gone. Rory’s actually gone. I stand in the half-empty house and realize: I lost her. Not might
POV: Rory Two days after the kiss, I hire movers. I’m getting my things out of that house. Every piece
POV: Rory I go to the house to pack the rest of my things. It’s evening. Dominic’s car is in