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floor with an upside‑down manual, me handing him screws, both of us laughing while the baby slept. I had not been waiting for furniture. I had been waiting for us.
Nine Months Pregnant, I Watched My Mother-in-Law Take My Husband Away—The Next Morning, One Furious Text Changed Everything
Brenda read both lines twice, smoothing the crease with her thumb.
She sat on the edge of the bare windowsill. “I thought I was helping him.”
