them.”
“You remembered that.”
***
The next morning, I went out alone.
I toured a shared workspace and asked about vendors, seasonal business, and remote planning.
A client called about a delivery problem, and I handled it from the sidewalk.
Moving would be difficult. It wouldn’t erase my career.
***
That night, I put my notes in front of Ben.
“If we’re doing this, we’re doing it together. We don’t move until Olive finishes the school year. I finish every event I’ve booked. We budget for rebuilding my business, and I decide how that transition happens.”
The next morning, I went out alone.
“Agreed.”
“Your schedule stays what you negotiated.”
“Yes.”
“And if the hospital starts eating our family alive again, you don’t decide how to fix it alone.”
He met my eyes.
“I bring it to you first.”
“Exactly.”
“You don’t decide how to fix it alone.”
Then he said, “The
