“Thank you.”
“I didn’t meet Mia for you.”
His expression changed.
“I know.”
“I’m not sure you do.”
I set my keys down.
“She’s eight. She deserves to exist without being treated like something shameful.”
He nodded.
“But Atlas and Owen will not meet her until I’m ready.”
“Okay.”
“And you’re going to stay somewhere else for a while.”
His face fell.
“Annika.”
“I need space to think without you trying to manage how I get to the answer.”
“Are you leaving me?”
The old version of me would have
