uilt on a foundation of

ok me in. They were my parents' closest friends. I grew up in thei

oe. They were the golden couple of our high school, and later, of their college.

e rides to school. When Chloe was around, I barely existed for him. He would look right through me, his eyes alrea

r of college, they had a

f hope lit up in the dark corner of my heart where I had hid

riarch of the family and the person I was closest to, got sick. On her deathbed,

whispered, her voice weak. "You' ll gr

greed. I did too. How could I say no to the woma

passion, but of circumstance and a dying wish. I

into being the perfect wife. I kept our house immaculate, I supported his career, I learned to cook all his favorite fo

le while, it s

as a turning point. It was like a cloud that had been hanging over Eth

hold my hand when we walked down the street, he' d brag about my architectural designs to

self fall completely in love with the idea

divorced. And

rds I had so carefully built