I Arrived at My Beach House to Find It Under Construction. By Morning, They Were Knocking at 6 a.m.

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“Then why doesn’t it feel like it?”

“Because you’re a mother. Even though he betrayed you, you still love him. That doesn’t go away with a court judgment.”

Over the following months, Matthew kept his word. Every month, a check arrived—a thousand dollars, sometimes fifteen hundred. Never with letters, just money and brief notes.

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