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PART 3<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Friday morning started like all the others.<\/p>\n

Ryan drove behind me, barking through the window.<\/p>\n

\u201cFaster. We\u2019re already behind yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n

My legs felt heavy. My incision burned. Then I noticed a silver sedan parked near the corner.<\/p>\n

I knew that car.<\/p>\n

The driver\u2019s door opened, and Ryan\u2019s mother stepped out.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiane?\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t answer me. She walked straight toward Ryan\u2019s BMW.<\/p>\n

He rolled down the window. \u201cMom? What are you doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n

Diane held up her phone.<\/p>\n

Ryan\u2019s voice played from the speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not quitting after two minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the horn.<\/p>\n

Then my crying.<\/p>\n

The entire street went silent.<\/p>\n

\u201cLily sent me this three days ago,\u201d Diane said. \u201cYour daughter watched you treat her mother like an animal, and she protected her because you wouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Children’sbooks<\/div>\n

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Ryan\u2019s face drained.<\/p>\n

\u201cMom, it\u2019s not what it looks like\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStop talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

He did.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sent the video to your boss, your sister, and a lawyer,\u201d Diane continued. \u201cYou have one hour to call the therapist I found, or I call the police and ask them to review your behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan climbed out of the car, but his confidence was gone. He sank to his knees.<\/p>\n

\u201cMom, please.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diane turned to me, her expression softening.<\/p>\n

\u201cLily and the baby are in my car. She packed for all of you. You\u2019re coming home with me<\/p>\n

My eyes filled with tears.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you,\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n

Ryan reached toward me. \u201cTell her I was just helping.\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked down at the running shoes he had forced on me, slipped them off, and dropped them into the gutter.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou weren\u2019t helping me,\u201d I said. \u201cYou were breaking me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then I took Diane\u2019s hand and walked away.<\/p>\n

For the first time in weeks, I moved at my own pace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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