Chapter 10
I did not wonder who he was with.
I did not wonder which lie waited behind the next door.
My phone was silent.
No tracking app.
No fear.
No permission required.
Just my son beside me and open water ahead.
And somewhere in storage, sealed inside a box of evidence I no longer needed, was the empty yellow envelope that had once sat beneath our chandelier.
A simple envelope.
A few sheets of paper.
And the first decision I had made entirely for myself in eleven years.
Daniel bought diamonds that morning because he thought wealth could protect him.
I left a yellow envelope because I had finally learned the truth could protect me instead.
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