The email was like waiting for something big to happen.
Evelyn kept staring at her phone, even after the screen went dark. The light faded into the quiet of the living room. Noah was next to her, with one arm on the back of the couch. The kids were laughing at a movie that neither of them were really paying attention to.
She didn’t open the email yet.
Not because she thought it would be bad news, but because she just knew that Dana would ask her to prove that she’d made the right choice.
“You don’t have to read it now,” Noah said softly, seeing where she was looking.
“I know,” she said back. “But I should.”
She got up and went to the bedroom. She closed the door behind her, shutting herself in with a decision she couldn't put off any longer.
Then, she opened the email.
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