ruth found me in a chi

ambitious, with a hunger in her eyes that I recogni

Fuller?"

offee cup half

d, her voice steady.

like a physical

manila folder onto the table. It landed with

ou should

opened it. Inside were

the photo was from the Thanksgiving he told me h

hat was my birthday weekend. He' d said he wa

as our tenth anniversary. He' d sent me a truckload

s Molly, holding a baby. A little b

laced with a triumphant cruelty. "He's one y

rielle. He told me you were just a business arrangement. A stepping stone. He r

ar in my ears. The man I had forgiven, the life I had clung t