LOGIN“Abel, you are proposing…” The words tumble out of my mouth in disbelief, more of a statement than a question. He nods, and then, to my utter shock, he gets down on one knee. I feel the world around us blur and slow down, my pulse pounding in my ears.“Mildred Turina, will you marry me?” His voice w
She scoffs playfully, giving me that familiar look that says she’s still got it all under control. “I know how to take care of children, honey. We will be fine. You two go have fun.”Relief washes over me. Even though we’re leaving them in the best possible hands, the part of me that has grown attac
We’re heading to Abel’s lake house for a weekend getaway—just the two of us. He said he got the place a few years ago but rarely gets to use it. He has only taken the twins there a few times because the only time he gets enough time to spend with them without many distractions from work is during th
Epilogue"Come here,” I call her over, and she reluctantly pulls her fingers off her brother’s chubby cheeks, then walks back to where I am. I crouch down to be at her level, trying to mask the amusement I feel at her little pout.“If you keep harassing your brother, I will have him stay with me at
“Did I?”“You bitch!” I burst out laughing. He has definitely been holding that back.“I was busy dealing with a concussion to see anything, oh, and my mom has way more money than you, you know, and her money combined with the money my dad left me, which I just found out was a lot by the way, then A
“Mom, I…”“I should have taken you with me when he died, but I thought you were already a grown woman and you wouldn’t need me anymore, and I will never forgive myself for that because if I did, then you wouldn’t have ended up with an abusive man. I could have protected you from repeating the cycle.
"How are you two doing?" I ask her referring to her and the baby on the way, and she smiles."I get heavier every day," She says and I nod. "So what did you tell him?" Ellis asks on the other end of the screen, and I shrug my shoulders. "That there was no 'us' because he shut that down so fast the
I walk down the hallway, and I can't seem to see anyone. My heart is beating so fast right now, and I just hope, really hope, it was just my delusions and he didn't somehow make it to this party. I could say that it's impossible for him to make it to this party because there's no way my mom would in
“What is so special about him?” I furrow my brows when he asks that.“What? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”“Abel! Stop acting dumb, you know it’s him I’m talking about.”“I… I don’t know, nothing.” I don’t even know what he wants me to tell him. That Abel isn’t an abusive psychopath like h
The moment all the words he is saying to me sink in, I realize that I have been stupid all this time. She loves me. She was willing to be with me even if it meant there were no attachments. She was willing to fight for me to get back the custody of my children. She loves me, and the fact that I have







