I looked out at the skyline and thought about how many years I had spent making myself small just to let Julian feel like a giant. I was wrong to believe that love required me to fade away or hide my strength just to keep someone else comfortable.
I picked up a wedding photo from my desk, looked at our younger, smiling faces for a moment, and then dropped it into the shredder. The woman who was introduced as the nanny was gone, and in her place stood Sarah Montgomery, a woman who would never dim her light for anyone again.
THE END.
