Chapter 44

• JUDY’S POV
• The days following our confrontation were tense and suffocating. I carried a heavy sense of injustice in my heart, but I swallowed my grievances with clenched teeth, unwilling to let Chris see how deeply I was affected.
• Every interaction between us was a delicate balancing act, each word and gesture tinged with an undercurrent of hostility. Our relationship, already strained, plummeted to an all-time low, frozen in a state of silent animosity.