Walking Alone, Growing Apart

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Elias noticed that I had stopped asking for his opinion on everything.

An email came from work―a position had opened up at the New York headquarters, and they wanted to know if I was interested. I filled out the application and hit send before I even remembered I hadn't told him.

When Sarah's wedding invitation arrived, addressed to "Chloe Vance and Guest," I RSVP'd for one and wrote a separate check for their gift.

Even the minor surgery, the one that required a hospital stay, I handled