Outside the courthouse, Nora tried one last time.
“You think you won? You turned a kid against his family.”
“No, you did,” I said. “I just made sure he didn’t have to lie for you.”
Afterward, Nick and I went out for ice cream. We hadn’t done that in years. We sat in the car with cones in hand, watching the sunset.
Our house took a few weeks to fully repair. The floors were replaced, the walls were redone, and the furniture was delivered. It looked like home again. But somehow, it felt even more like ours now.
Looking back, I don’t regret anything. I didn’t want revenge. I wanted honesty, fairness, and peace in the home we worked so hard to build.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that when people try to gaslight you, sometimes the only way to fight back is to bring the truth into the light and let it speak for itself.
