Margot POVThat evening the four of us sat down together for our first dinner in the new house.There was cake and white wine, and for a while everything felt warm and almost happy.Even when I looked at Simone, there was less coldness in my eyes.I wanted to believe she’d truly changed.If she had, I could tolerate her bad habits: the spending, the fussiness, and the selfishness.She was still my mother, after all.Whatever happened, I wanted our lives to move in the best direction possible.I took a picture of the food on the table and sent it to Rhett:“Ellen was discharged today, and we moved into our new home. We’re celebrating. I made everything except the cake.”A little while later, he replied, "Congratulations."I smiled to myself.There was something quietly wonderful about being able to share an ordinary, insignificant moment with someone I loved an
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