Damien's second book was finally ready for publication.
"The Weight We Carry: Breaking Cycles of Trauma and Control" was scheduled to release in six weeks.
Emma read the manuscript for the first time and was struck by how different it was from his first book.
The first book had been about exposing corruption. About systems and power and how they worked.
This book was about intimacy. About his relationship with Emma. About the ways he'd hurt her and how they'd rebuilt.
It was vulnerable in a way his first book hadn't been.
"Are you sure you want to publish this?" Emma asked him. "It exposes so much about us. About our relationship."
"Yes," Damien said. "Because I think people need to understand that change is possible. That people who hurt others can learn to do better. That love isn
