There were arguments.
Setbacks.
Mistakes.
A lot of mistakes.
But eventually something changed.
Mia got a job.
Then another.
Then a better one.
Brent left when the money disappeared.
That told her everything she needed to know about him.
The designer bags slowly vanished from her social media.
The filters disappeared too.
In their place appeared something unexpected.
Humility.
One evening nearly a year later, I came home and found the refrigerator full.
The pantry stocked.
