Clothes. Important papers. His favorite stuffed dinosaur.
When I came back out, my husband looked wrecked.
My mother was silent, tears on her face.
I set the suitcase by the door.
“I loved you,” I told him. “More than was healthy. I gave up my family, my future, my education.”
My voice shook just once.
“I never regretted it… because I thought you were honest with me.”
“I love you,” he choked.
I nodded, like I’d already buried something.
“Love without truth is nothing.”
I walked out.
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