#Chapter 61 – Take That Off

Returning from my dinner with Joseph, I moved my feet slower than before. The weight of his words, like the weight of this new pendant on my neck, dragged me down. I had hoped to set things right between us. I supposed this necklace gift was a part of that. But more and more, I felt like I was the one making concessions for Joseph, while he did nothing but make demands. What kind of family would we be, if I constantly had to tip-toe around his anger? Or would he change after the baby was born? For now, I wasn’t sure he even liked me at all – at least, not as my own person. I think he enjoyed having me in his debt, constantly on the back foot. No. I was being unfair. He had reasons to be distrustful of me. Constantly thinking of Asher, I hadn’t been giving our potential whatever-we-were my best effort either. Maybe when the baby was born, both Joseph and I would change and want each other more than we did now, and for the right reasons. When the time came, we would both do what