A Choice Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

The next morning, Grace acted as though nothing had happened. She moved carefully, quietly, but inside she felt a new, unshakable resolve harden. She could not allow the marriage she loved to drown under secrets, manipulation, and old wounds.

Days passed. Grace watched Ethan closely—his exhaustion, his sudden silences, the way he disappeared down the hall each night without explanation. She waited for the right moment, one that wouldn’t push him away but would finally open the door to the truth.

Early one dawn, the sky still pale and barely awake, she found her moment. Ethan lay beside her, unaware of the storm she was ready to unleash.

Grace turned toward him, her voice steady, her heart trembling.

“We need to talk.”

Ethan’s eyes snapped open, startled.

Grace met his gaze with calm determination. Whatever came next—truth, denial, or heartbreak—she was ready for it. Because love couldn’t survive in darkness. And she refused to let their future be dictated by shadows she hadn’t created.

It was time to choose: the past that held him captive… or the life they were supposed to build together.