Chapter 356

Meredith breathed a sigh of relief when she looked at the clock. Nine PM. This time of night was hers and Tyler's alone. Dinner, bath time, and bedtime were done and they could just be with each other.

Towel-drying her hair, she had a seat on their bed, exhaling deeply. It'd been a long day, one of the longest she could remember in the past couple of years. Probably since she first started working at CRISIS. With Christmas only weeks away, CRISIS was filling up. They'd taken in more women and children in the last two weeks than they had the previous six months combined. Something about the holidays brought out the worst in some people, and relationships that were on the brink through most of the year hit their breaking point come December first. It was almost as if a switch flipped and there were no more compromises in marriages or dating couples, instead they spoke words meant to get a rise and acted on things meant to hurt.

She could understand it. Too many families lived paychec