We’ve been having an affair. Canoodling. Sneaking around. Keeping things on the down-low.
Hugh and I have been seeing a realtor.
We still don’t know what the result of the divorce settlement will be – whether Mara will take what’s being offered or force a 50-50 split of all marital assets (including the equity in the house). My therapist thinks that Mara will choose whichever path causes Hugh the most hardship – and I tend to agree. That means we need to be prepared to move.
The prospect saddens me for a number of reasons, not the least of which being the amount of work we have put into the house already to make it “ours” instead of hers. But it also thrills me. To start over in a place that Hugh and I have chosen together, to call our own and to make our own… It’s what I’ve wanted from the start.
I don’t think Summer will be too bothered by the prospect of moving. She used to be very attached to the current home, but seems to have grown out of it. I’m pretty sure she’d be excited by getting to pick a room and design it to her specifications. Amanda, on the other hand… she would have a very hard time of it. Convincing her to see the bright side of a new beginning may be impossible. I have been “cool” from the start, and loved for a while, but if moving to a new home settles on me as the driving force, it may be the first time I’m resented.
We’ll deal with these things as they come.
Until then, I’m looking for a big master bedroom with a master bath and double vanity!
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