PART 1
The front door flashed red the second I entered my own passcode.
Three days after giving birth, still sore, exhausted, and holding my newborn daughter against my chest, I stood outside the house I had paid for and realized my husband had locked me out.
Rain ran down the glass door. My hospital bag sat beside my swollen feet. I called Daniel again and again.
On the third call, he finally answered.
Laughter echoed behind him.
“Daniel,” I whispered. “The code isn’t working.”
Then I heard his mother in the background.
“Oh, she’s outside?”
Daniel sighed. “I changed it.”
My chest tightened. “You changed the passcode while I was in the hospital?”
“You needed boundaries, Claire,” he said coldly. “Mom thinks you’ve been acting too comfortable, like this place belongs to you.”
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