For me, it had already begun.
I could barely walk. I was terrified of surgery and worried about caring for two newborns while recovering from an incision.
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Yet Trevor accused me of overreacting.
“Call your mother if you’re lonely,” he said before kissing my forehead. “Everything will be fine.”
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The morning he left, my back cramped while I stood in the driveway. I grabbed the porch railing to keep from falling, but Trevor was already driving away.
I called my mother.
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She arrived that afternoon and asked where he was.
“Florida.”
She closed her eyes briefly.
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Then she said, “Let’s get you through this.”
The next morning, Trevor sent me a photograph of himself relaxing beneath the sun with a frozen drink.