His Sacrifice, Her Freedom

d felt like my escape, a tangible sign I was finall

t all away to become the devoted caretaker for Liam Hayes, the b

grandmother with her medical bills, creating a silent, crush

eams to stitch his shattered life back together, be

cert pianist from his "real" world, returned, and I

, a genuine, unguarded sound I hadn' t heard in mon

couldn' t be his partner, "not really,"

ng me: I was a glorified nurse, easily di

, Sarah, cruelly exposed me as a "charity case" and publicly shamed me,

d he let them do this to me a

is gilded cage; I would reclaim my life, pay back ever