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I kissed her, she kissed me back, and for a moment we lost ourselves in each other. She pulled away first, and I wiped away all my tears, kissing along her face for the last time. She sucked in air that wasn’t available for the taking as my arms fell to my sides.
Empty.
Alone.
Broken.
She took one last look at me and left.
For the first time in our love story, I watched her walk away from me instead.
Chapter Thirty-Six
—Autumn—
We’d been home for two weeks.
Home.
It didn’t feel like that anymore.
Capri and I were miserable.
Why was I doing this to us again?
She was mad at me, devastated I’d actually made us leave. My mind kept thinking about that morning, and it killed me every single time.
“Momma!” she pleaded with tears streaming down her precious face. Please don’t make us a leave! Please, Momma! I want us to stay with Daddy!”
“Capri, please don’t do this to me right now.”
“I love you, Daddy!” She ran into his arms. “Please don’t forget about me!”
He picked her up off the ground, and she clung to him like she’d never wanted to let him go for anything.
“You have to be my big, brave girl, okay?”
“But I don’t wanna go!”
“I know, baby.” He kissed the top of her head, looking at me with so much hurt it crippled my stance.
He held her in his arms until she cried herself to sleep before he gently laid her down in the SUV. Kissing her head one last time, he quietly shut the door.
Shaking his head, he bit, “I hope you’re happy with yourself. You didn’t just break my heart. You broke our daughter’s too.”
Her words played in my mind as if they were a broken record on endless repeat. My head was pounding, overly thinking about what I’d done to us when my phone suddenly rang.
“Christian,” I answered it. “I can’t talk right now.”
“Good, because I’m the one who needs to do all the talking now.”
“What are you—”
“Are you happy?” he questioned out of nowhere.
It was all it took for me to breakdown. “No…”
“Don’t cry in front of Capri, Autumn.”
