Chapter 52

• When she said that Steven couldn’t breathe. “You’d just walk away? From us? From Connie? The kids?”
• Rachel shook her head and then finally looked right at him. “It’s not like that, not the way you’re saying it.”
• Steven pushed the chair back from the table, but didn’t get up yet. If he stood up now he’d shake her. The crushing feeling he was experiencing was panic and he wasn’t sure how to handle it. “Then what is it like? You’re cleaning out your house, keeping to yourself. You’ve turned your back on your friends, on children that need you right now. As much as you don’t want to admit it, you need them too.” He shrugged. “And you’re just going to walk away.”