Mistaken Identity
“This is about you pretending like you didn’t have a life here. Like you didn’t have a husband, a family, responsibilities. Like we were all just some mistake you walked away from.”
“I didn’t walk away,” Avery whispered, her voice tight with pain. “I didn’t even know who I was.”
Vivian looked at her for a long time, then let out a breath. “No, you didn’t. And maybe… maybe for a while, I thought you were faking it. That you were pretending to forget.”
Avery nodded slowly, “You always looked at me like I was pretending. I thought it was just because I wasn’t good enough for Henry. But it was more than that, wasn’t it?”
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