Life aboard the cruise ship slowly became something Agnes had never imagined for herself. She made friends, explored beautiful places, enjoyed unfamiliar foods, and discovered that she could be happy without spending every day worrying about someone else’s needs. For the first time in decades, she made decisions simply because she wanted to.
During one stop, she visited a jewelry shop and bought herself a new pair of gold earrings. They reminded her of the wedding earrings she had sold to pay for Leonard’s medication. This time, she wasn’t buying them to replace a sacrifice or satisfy someone else’s expectations. She was buying them because she deserved something beautiful.
Meanwhile, Brielle began writing Agnes letters. In one, she admitted that she had become accustomed to receiving constant help without considering Agnes’s feelings or needs. She had treated her mother-in-law more like a permanent babysitter and household assistant than a person with her own life. Agnes appreciated the honesty and agreed that they could work on rebuilding their relationship gradually. But she made it clear that things would never return to the way they had been.
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