Chapter 21Thursday was the kind of bittersweet day that highlighted why I should be proud of my daughter and thrilled with the positive swing my life had taken upon returning home to Braxton. After a lengthy and difficult conversation the previous night, Emma understood that her mother had been taken by bad guys who'd wanted to hurt our family. We talked about the dangers of lies and secrets, remembered tons of precious moments she'd shared with her mother years earlier, and discussed how to move forward as a family once we sorted out the proper steps.
It was bittersweet because I had to tell Emma that her mother and I wouldn't be together in the future. I compared it to a divorce, which she understood, citing how her friend Shalini's parents had gotten divorced recently too. I realized t
