Chapter 12 - I Thought My Marriage Had Destroyed My Future Until Someone Unexpected Entered My LifeI didn't expect to fall in love again.
For a long time, I didn't want to.
Then I met Anna.
She was a nurse at the rehabilitation center where my mother received therapy.
She never asked about my money.
Never asked about the property.
Never asked about the trial.
She asked about my parents.
She remembered their names.
She brought my mother books.
She helped Dad with his exercises.
One afternoon, Mom smiled at me.
“You like her.”
I laughed.
“Maybe.”
“She likes you too.”
“Mom.”
“What?”
“You're interfering.”
She smiled.
“I'm your mother. It's my job.”
Anna and I slowly became friends.
Then something more.
But I moved carefully.
Trust had to be rebuilt.
Not demanded.
Earned.
And Anna understood.
May you like
She never rushed me.
That mattered.
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