Chapter I: The Breaking Point
I always believed that divorcing my cheating husband would be the most excruciating decision I would ever have to make. After years of enduring deception and betrayal, I had steeled myself for the inevitable emotional storm. Yet nothing could have prepared me for the day when my own son, Tyler, pleaded to remain with his father and his grandmother. His rejection cut deeper than any betrayal I had experienced, and the hurt was compounded by the manipulative power wielded by my ex’s mother.