With therapy, physical rehabilitation, and money from the divorce settlement, she opened a legal support center for victims trapped by powerful spouses. I donated the building anonymously.
Sienna figured it out immediately.
On opening morning, sunlight poured across the front windows. Sienna stood beside me without a sling, holding two cups of coffee.
“Were you scared that night?” she asked.
“Terrified.”
“You didn’t look terrified.”
I smiled. “Courage is not the absence of fear. It is deciding what fear gets to do next.”
She leaned her head against my shoulder.
Across the street, the center’s first client hesitated at the door. Sienna walked over, opened it, and welcomed her inside.
Garrick had wanted obedience. Instead, he created a room full of women who knew the door could open.