I woke up the next morning feeling good about myself. Today was the day I was going to sever all ties with James. It had been a long five years, and I had spent nearly all this time trying to get James to notice me, trying to get him to love me. Our love—no, not love. Our marriage was never a love story. It was never arranged. In fact, it wasn’t a marriage of any kind in the traditional sense. It was forced. We were married by constant pressures, by obligation. But today, today we finally got to sever all ties.
I get to be free again.
Today, we will sign those papers, and we will be officially, legally divorced. I’ll finally be able to go out and find someone who’s truly for me. Someone who would love me freely, without force, without conditions. For the first time, I’ll have the c
