Leah Carter

Intro I used to believe love was supposed to make you feel alive. Instead, it left me standing alone in a one-bedroom apartment surrounded by boxes that still haven't been unpacked. I was married to Daniel Carter. Somewhere along the way, I convinced myself I had fallen in love with someone else—Ryan Brooks, a married man who made promises I wanted to believe. We told ourselves we were different. We weren't. I left my husband expecting a new beginning. Ryan went back to his wife, Emily. Daniel walked away from me forever. Neither of them owes me anything. I made the choices that ended my marriage, and I've spent every day since learning to live with them. I'm not looking for sympathy, and I'm not asking anyone to tell me it wasn't my fault. It was. Now I'm trying to become someone I can respect again. Maybe that's where every real second chance begins.