She Called Our Home Embarrassing—So I Cleaned Everything And Waited

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I did care, or at least I used to. But I was too tired to keep trying to save someone who refused to save themselves.

“Goodbye, Rebecca,” I said, and hung up.

She called back immediately. I sent it to voicemail. She called six more times before finally stopping.

That night, I slept through the night for the first time in what felt like years, sprawled continue reading …