15-05-2021-052358It-Ends-with-Us

There’s a three-second pause where I think this could go one of two ways. He’s going to leave me. Or he’s going to hurt me. He r ...

He pushed me away. “You fell down the stairs.” But I didn’t fall. He pushed me. Again. That’s twice. You pushed me, Ryle. I can ...

• • • A few minutes pass. Ten, maybe? I can’t stop crying. I still haven’t moved from the bed. I’m scared to look in the mirror. ...

My words knock the breath from him. I see it happen. His back meets the wall behind him and he stares at me silently. In shock. ...

Chapter Twenty I tried salvaging my phone before I fell asleep last night, but it was no use. It was in two completely separate ...

I guess it would make sense that Ryle didn’t call me all night, since he knew what kind of shape my phone was in. I start to ope ...

“Tell her,” Allysa says, her voice angrier now. “She has the right to know, Ryle. She’s your wife. If you don’t tell her, I will ...

reassurance from him. The anticipation of what I’m about to find out is making me nauseous. “No one is dying. I’m not cheating o ...

Ryle walks over and drops down to his knees in front of me. “Lily,” he says. “I knew it would destroy him. I knew exactly what t ...

“When you ran after me last night, I swear I had no intention of hurting you. I was upset and angry. And sometimes when I feel t ...

But if I’m emulating my mother’s behavior, then that would mean Ryle is emulating my father’s behavior. But he isn’t. I have to ...

my hair. “Help me, Lily,” he whispers. “I need you to help me.” He holds me against him and I know deep in my heart that I’m doi ...

Chapter Twenty-One “I’m heading out. You need me to do anything else?” I look up from the paperwork and shake my head. “Thank yo ...

I’d have just left, would that not be going against our marriage vows? For better or for worse. I refuse to give up on my marria ...

face in his hands and he said, “I told you I wanted to be the best in my field, Lily. I told you this the first night we ever me ...

idea if I should knock or just go inside. For all I know, someone could live here. Probably one of her people. I knock on the do ...

I look in the living room at the cathedral ceilings and the huge windows overlooking Boston Harbor. “Lily?” he says from behind ...

He smiles and nods his head. “She’s so excited, Lily. I’ve been thinking about getting an apartment here for a while now. After ...

I run to the front door and swing it open and we both hug and squeal and I might even cry a little more. We spend the rest of th ...

Chapter Twenty-Two Allysa is three days overdue. We’ve lived in our new apartment for a week now. We successfully got all of our ...