On my wedding day, I walked in with a black eye. My fiancé stood beside me… and when he looked at my mother, he smiled. Then he said, “She needed to learn.” The room burst into laughter. And that’s when I did something no one expected.

and the truth exposed, Olivia knew she could never go back to that life. She had to rebuild herself from the ground up. And though it terrified her, the thought of doing it alone felt somehow more empowering than anything she had ever known.

“Do you think I made the right choice?” Olivia asked softly, looking up at her aunt and Megan. She needed to continue reading …