Chapter 1: The Goodbye Dress
"I CAME HOME AND FOUND ANOTHER WOMAN WEARING MY DRESS—THEN MY SON TOLD ME WHY
I opened my bedroom door and stopped cold.
Lauren was standing in front of my mirror wearing my red evening gown.
My gown.
And my husband was behind her fastening the zipper.
I looked at Jason.
"What are you doing?"
He answered too quickly.
"She spilled something."
I stared at him.
"So you put her in my dress?"
Before he could explain, my seven-year-old son ran into the room.
"Mom!"
Then Max saw Lauren.
He stopped.
Looked at the dress.
And said something that made the entire room go silent.
"You're wearing the goodbye dress."
I looked at him.
"The what?"
Jason immediately said:
"Max, go downstairs."
But my son kept talking.
"Daddy said you were wearing that dress the night you leave."
I slowly turned toward my husband.
"I never said I was leaving."
Max looked confused.
Then he said:
"I know."
Pause.
"Daddy said you don't know yet."
Jason went pale.
Lauren stopped moving.
And suddenly I wasn't wondering why another woman was wearing my dress.
I was wondering why my husband had apparently planned a night for me to leave…
without ever telling me I was going anywhere."
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What did Jason tell Max — and how long has he been planning this?
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