Chapter 10
Serena moved in with Adrian.
For six weeks.
Then moved out.
He told me nothing until months later.
I did not ask.
Eventually he said:
“She wanted me angrier at you.”
There.
Their relationship had been partially built around a shared opponent.
Once he stopped defining himself against me, something changed.
Serena interpreted every neutral boundary as domination.
Every disagreement as proof I was still controlling him.
Adrian began noticing how often she needed conflict to confirm intimacy.
Not healthy.
They separated.
No triumphant mother speech.
I was sad for him.
May you like
He had loved her.
Maybe still did.
