Leaving

She had so much and wanted to keep it all. She wanted to leave the father of her children without any relic of the last fifteen years. But that wasn’t the worst part about this. The worst part about this, other than all the other worst parts about this, was that it put Toby into a position where he had to actually think about what he wanted.

A woman was leaving the asylum on midsummer morning. She went warily down steps leading to a gravel drive, observing her own feet with interest and care, as she might have watched children inclined to run into the road.

Vous savez, quand on ne s'aime plus... ou, plus exactement, quand il n'y a plus désir physique (car j'ai pour Jacques beaucoup d'affection), c'est difficile de rester, en apparence, un couple uni... Jacques a une maîtresse ; je le sais ; je l'approuve... Vous ne pouvez pas encore comprendre ça, mais un moment vient où on a besoin d'indépendance...

Rachel free from him was. She had abandoned him. She’d been cruel to him. She had denied him love and respect and self-esteem.