“I had yet to actually meet Damian, but maybe his ability to remain out of sight was part of his talents as a security specialist.
I trudged up the driveway, my thoughts weighing heavy. I was tired of thinking and of worrying. That's what I did all the time as a mother and I just wanted to cave in on myself. Sometimes, when I was alone, that's exactly what I did.
With the night stretching ahead of me and no other distractions, I thought I might clean out the basement.
It was filled with leftovers from life with Richard. After he moved out, I had vacillated between angry bursts of energetic cleaning and packing his shit and long sad bouts of curling up in bed and weeping. I managed okay with the kids. At least, I thought I had. It was hard on them to lose their full-time father.
They watched a man they once believed was devoted to his family turn his love and attention to a woman who was not their mother.
I had to give Rich some credit. He tried to maintain his relationship with Jenny and Bryan.
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