"You said I was too sensitive. But before Camilla moved into our bedroom, before she sabotaged my work, you knew what my boundaries were."I wasn't too sensitive. You kept crossing those boundaries, then punishing me whenever I complained."His eyes were red, and his voice broke completely. "Vera, I'll change. It won't happen again."It was the first time I'd ever seen him cry, but I felt nothing."Eight years ago, you carried me to the ER when I needed help. You helped me put together my presentation for a promotion and told me that both my career and my life mattered. I loved the man you were back then."Hope returned to his eyes. "Then we can still go back to how things were.""We can't. Because that same man was the one who did everything that came afterward."I stood up and walked away.When the glass door closed behind me, he was still reaching out toward me.It wasn't until I reached the corner that I heard him crying behind me.…A month later, I joined the core data
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