REBORN BEFORE THE APOCALYPSE: MY EX-HUSBAND BEGGED TOO LATE
he asked, and for the first time I heard something under the irritation that sounded almost like unease.
I didn’t explain the Collapse. I didn’t mention Sienna, or the street corner, or the version of myself that had died believing he would come back for her. I only told him that from now on, I would be reviewing my own finances personally, and ended the call before he could argue further.
He didn’t understand what had changed.
But for the first time in ten years, he understood that something had.
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After the call, I opened my private countdown document and added a new heading beneath the others.