After being reborn, I make up my mind to stop chasing after my husband and daughter

Ryan texted me a string of helpless emojis. I stared at his profile picture, which was a starry sky, distant and mysterious, and it made me think of his life

experiences.

Since my laptop was right there, I typed Ryan’s name into the search bar. Nothing came up about him, but there was a flood of info on the Jennings family.

That was when it struck me: the Jennings family was a huge deal. I started scrolling through the Jennings family’s history, and some of the coverage I

wasn’t sure was true.

Just then, Ryan’s message popped up: [How long are you planning to stay single?]

I froze for a second and thought maybe I should start taking dating seriously. Ryan had made it pretty clear he was into me. Even if I wanted to play dumb, I couldn’t.

I was curious about who he was. I’d never seriously thought

interested in taking things further with him, I needed to make a clean break and put an end to all the flirting. So, I grabbed

would make him give up on me right away. After all, I wasn’t the only girt

chase someone else.

worked. Ryan always struck me as someone who had good manners. He’d never get

him either. Once I wrapped up my work, I hopped in the shower, pampered my skin a

sleep.

the clock–already eight. It was my day off, so I didn’t have

be there, I decided to go

squeeze in a solid half hour of Englysian

on Yvonne’s phone didn’t stir up any bad feelings in me at all. Not even in my dreams did he show up.

might not seem like a big deal, but for me, it was a whole new kind of growth. In my previous life, I always said I’d let go, but deep down, I