My husband forgot to hang up, believing the call had ended — the moment I heard what he really thought of me, I planned a little surprise he would never forget.

I tapped Accept, locked the screen, and leaned back against the cushions, closing my eyes to feel the warm spring breeze on my skin.

Julian had thought he could leave the call running and get away with destroying my life. He never realized that by forgetting to hang up, he had given me the greatest gift of all:

The key to my own freedom.