Jenny helped me stack up the final boxes. I looked around my apartment. It was completely empty now. I’d had most of the furniture put in storage until I could get to where I was going and have it all shipped to me.

“Well, no turning back from here, at least for a while,” Jenny concluded.

“It is better this way, anyway,” I said, putting a hand on my belly. I’d told Jenny everything about what happened with Ellis since he’d gotten stabbed right up to ...