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That word would end our eight-year marriage, though Tyler didn\u2019t know it yet. He was too busy comforting his \u201cfemale best friend,\u201d Charlotte Thomas, over her latest manufactured crisis to realize his wife was lying in Riverside General\u2019s emergency room, selecting between rage and morphine.<\/p>\n

This morning felt like a different lifetime. At 6:30 a.m., I\u2019d stood in our kitchen making Tyler\u2019s breakfast exactly how he liked it: two eggs over easy, three strips of bacon crispy enough to destr0y, wheat toast with just a whisper of butter.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharlotte\u2019s having another crisis,\u201d he\u2019d declared over breakfast.<\/p>\n

The soft, private smile playing on his lips was the one that applied to be reserved for me. Now, it belonged to her text messages.<\/p>\n

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That word would end our eight-year marriage, though Tyler didn\u2019t know it yet. He was too busy comforting his \u201cfemale best friend,\u201d Charlotte Thomas, over her latest manufactured crisis to realize his wife was lying in Riverside General\u2019s emergency room, selecting between rage and morphine. This morning felt like a different lifetime. At 6:30 a.m.,…<\/p>\n

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