Delphine knocked my dinner plate onto the floor before her hand buried itself in my hair.
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Chapter 24 / 27
Chapter 24 - TORIN AND ME
We never remarried each other.
That surprised some relatives.
Apparently growth is expected to end in romantic restoration if both people become decent.
No.
Torin changed.
I respected him.
We became good co-parents.
That did not make him my husband again.
I remarried at forty-three.
Noah Bennett.
A structural engineer.
Kind.
Funny.
Boring around trusts.
Excellent.
Torin attended neither ceremony nor honeymoon.
Normal boundaries.
He later remarried too.
A pediatric nurse named Claire Morgan.
I liked her.
Irritating.
Iris adored her.
Even more irritating.
Our family became larger without pretending history disappeared.
At high-school graduation:
Me.
Noah.
Torin.
Claire.
All cheering.
May you like
No one competing.
That felt wealthier than anything Ruth Sutton ever put in a trust.
