Chapter 170

Elijah had to leave the night after he arrived to get back to work, and I bid a fond farewell to Granny Lucille a few days later. She was smug about being right, and I was too happy to mind. The fact that he left his family and flew all the way to see me proved he wants to rebuild our relationship from the ground up. This time last year, he never would have done that. Like Lucille said, this has all been a wake-up call. No matter how difficult the road ahead might be, I believe Elijah and I are better off together. I’m both excited and nervous about what the future holds. There are a lot of challenges ahead. When I first ran to Charleston back when all of this began, Granny told me I needed to be brave and bold. I had no idea then that being brave and bold would mean agreeing to a fresh start with my own husband. Now here I am in Queens, where I’ve just finished leading my first dance class of the new year. It was for the younger age group, and as ever, it was a blast, and I was surpri