For the first time in years, neither possibility frightened me.

I had lost a marriage.

I had lost a family I once tried very hard to please.

But standing there in the quiet, listening to water touch the shore, I knew exactly what I had gained.

My home.

My boundaries.

My peace.

And this time, nobody had the code.

THE END!

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