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“Did you need anything else?” Tori asked, ready to be done with this conversation.

“That’s it. I’ve got to go.”

He didn’t wait for her to acknowledge him and ended the call. It was just as well. She had nothing to say to him anymore.

She leaned back on her blue sofa and stared at the ceiling. Everything between her and Isaac had started out seeming so great, and then it had just fallen apart. Six years ago she had caught him cheating on her and pushed for a divorce.

It was only after that she learned that he had cheated on her the whole time they were together. At one point she could convince herself that she hadn’t noticed because she was too in love with him, but now she knew better.

It was never about love between them, she had just wanted to believe everything he was saying and she convinced herself to do it. She thought she was going to have the perfect life, now she was 27 and a divorced, single mom. Definitely not where she thought she would be.

Tori picked up her phone and sent a text to Leah, her best friend.

Tori: I won’t be able to go out this weekend.

Leah: He cancelled again?

Tori: Are we really surprised though?

Leah: He waited until Emmett went to bed, too, huh?

Tori: Got it in one. How else would he do it?

Leah: Use that sitter. I’ll pay her. You’re coming out.

Tori: We can just do it another weekend.

Leah: And he will probably cancel then, too. Did you tell him we were going out?

Tori: No. Why?

Leah: He’s really good about cancelling when you have plans…

Tori: Or he cancels so often that there’s no connection.

Leah: Call the sitter.

Tori: I might.

Leah: If you don’t, I will.

Tori: I’m going to bed.

Leah: I’m not kidding.

Tori didn’t write her back. She knew Leah wasn’t kidding. She also wanted to go out, it had been so long since she’d had a night for herself and not just as a mom.

Not that she didn’t love her son. He was everything to her and she wouldn’t even want to imagine life without him. That didn’t mean she didn’t miss being more than just a mom.

Standing, she locked the doors and flipped off the light switches as she went upstairs. Today had been a long one, and she was ready for it to be over.

For a moment, she stared at her bed, debating if she really cared about brushing her teeth and putting clean clothes on. She did, of course.

It didn’t take long to get ready for bed, and she laid down, playing on her phone. It was too late to call the sitter tonight, but she’d do it tomorrow.

Tori had been looking forward to going out for a few weeks, and she wasn’t going to let Isaac ruin it again. He’d done enough of that while they were still married.

As usually happened, she was wide awake when she lay down. It was the most annoying thing. She wanted to sleep, dammit.