Divorce, Rebirth, and Sweet Success

the main courses arrived, a waiter,

ue flew through the air, hea

or his son, but towards Heidi. He threw his arms

id splashed across my arm and chest. A sea

over, not to help me, but to get to Heidi. He shoved

e hard marble with a sickening crack. I looked down and

Heidi's side, his face pale with worry.

ing her for any burns. "Heidi, my love, are you a

anxiety, completely oblivious to me lying on t

o was hurt. But

fury. "It's all your fault!" he shouted at me. "You'r

t, as if I had orchestrated the entir

you to the hospital, just in case," he said softly to her. Then, he and K

ne last time. "I wish you would j

pushed myself up, my body numb. I felt the burn on my skin, the throb

i to the hos

nd-degree, and my elbow was fractured. "The burn is already

d shaking. I was admitted to a standard r

e called. No one visited. It w

e charming Senator Savage and his adorable son, who were spending every waking mom

I saw them. August was gently applying ointment to a tiny red spot on Heidi's arm.

bad for Carolynn. I hope she's okay. Do you

ask. "She's just throwing a tantrum.

n't survive without us. She'll

. "You should probably be nicer

d with absolute certainty. "

years of compromise, of swallowing my pain, of putting their needs

to a fist, my nails

of me that had held onto a sliver of hope, the part that st

one thing. I wouldn'

ld th