front door clicked open. My husband didn’t even look guilty ….

My hands didn’t shake. That scared me. I set Lily gently into her bassinet, smoothing her blanket like I wasn’t stepping out of my life. Then I sat down, opened the envelope, and scanned the pages with a strange, icy focus.

Madison leaned in close enough that I could smell her perfume. “This will be better for everyone,” she murmured.

I picked up the pen. Ethan exhaled like he’d been holding his breath.

I signed the papers with a cold smile that startled even me. Then I looked up at them—at my husband and the woman standing in my doorway like she’d already won—and whispered, “Congratulations.”

Ethan blinked. “That’s it?”