Julia

Crossing the state line and entering Wisconsin, I had a flashback of driving the rental car into the unknown. At this point in the journey, I’d been concentrating on what I was leaving behind. Three weeks later, I wasn’t leaving anything behind as much as I felt that I was going toward my true life, the one I wanted with my entire heart and soul.

Van and I had yet to discuss Phillip or anything else in much detail. One of the ...