Chapter 6: A New Beginning for Ethan
Months passed.
The divorce was finalized.
Richard lost control of the company.
The house returned to my name.
But the biggest change wasn’t financial.
It was Ethan.
The little boy who once flinched whenever someone raised their voice slowly became himself again.
He laughed more.
He played outside.
He stopped asking if he was “bad.”
One night, while I tucked him into bed, he looked at me.
“Mommy?”
“Yes, sweetheart?”
“Am I part of a family?”
My heart broke.
I kissed his forehead.
“You are my whole world.”
He smiled.
May you like
A real smile.
The kind I thought I would never see again.
