Chapter 9 - On the Anniversary of the Night She Left, Elena Returned to the Ballroom Where Roman Had Destroyed Their MarriageThe ballroom had been renovated.
Again.
Elena walked beneath the chandeliers.
Roman waited.
The children stood between them.
Luca held a small box.
Mara held flowers.
Sophia held the original divorce file.
Roman looked at Elena.
“Why did you bring that?”
“So we can destroy it.”
She smiled.
He opened the box.
Inside was the original wedding ring.
The one she had left six years ago.
He had kept it.
He held it out.
“I don't want this to mean what it meant before.”
“What should it mean?”
“That we choose each other.”
Elena looked at him.
Then at their children.
She took the ring.
Not as a wife.
As a woman choosing again.
She slipped it on.
Roman smiled.
“I love you.”
“I know.”
“And?”
She leaned close.
“I love you too.”
Their children cheered.
May you like
The ballroom filled with laughter.
The place that had once held their destruction became the place where they finally healed.
