My husband asked me to sell my condo to bail out his brother’s $2 million casino disaster. His mother backed him up and even had the audacity to threaten me with “consequences” if I refused. But where was my baby daughter and I supposed to go? I did what any mother would do when cornered. Tell me if I was wrong.
I met Jake at Rosie’s Café when I was 22—broke, hopeful, and sketching designs between coffee refills. He ordered the same vanilla latte every morning
and left a five-dollar tip like it was his signature. He remembered my name, asked about my sketches, and made me feel seen. When he finally asked me out, I said yes before he finished the sentence.
“Most girls don’t get how important family is to me,” he said on our third date, twirling a strand of my hair.At the time, I thought it was endearing.
