Lily’s POVNot long after I accepted the promotion, everything moved so fast.The higher tables want me to move to my new office as the Ceo with immediate effect.Boxes filled my living room within days as they were full with clothes, books, framed photos, Matthew’s toys, and pieces of a life I had built carefully and lovingly. I moved through it all with calm hands, but inside, my thoughts were loud.I was going back home, the thought always remained in my head and it was not because I was weak or because I was running back.But because this time, I was choosing.Matthew sat on the floor, surrounded by toy cars, happily pushing them across the carpet.“Mom,” he said, looking up at me. “Is this a long trip?”“Yes,” I replied, folding one of his shirts. “But we’ll be okay.”He nodded like that was enough. It always amazed me how much he trusted me.I knelt in front of him and brushed his curls back gently. “Listen to me, Matthew. We are moving somewhere new, but I need you to remembe
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