I've been very, very careful to protect my kids at all costs, and not have them in a war zone.

He doesn't want me to sell the house or even cancel a trip we had planned together in July. I'm not doing anything drastic, but I am letting my heart completely detach and move on, and quietly waiting for him to let me move on, as well.

He hasn't been willing to let either of us go, and she is such an unstable girl that I know she won't let him go either. So I am.