16 Chapter 16: Mariana, Part 1

I can't believe I agreed to this.

That mantra keeps running through my head.

The day after Santos basically stopped our divorce proceedings so we could make one last ditch effort at our marriage, he had everything set up: time off work, reservations to the conference, hotel room. The only thing I had to do was convince my mother to come stay with the kids.

She wasn't happy about why she was staying with them, but she pretended to overlook it so she could have some uninterrupted grandma time.

When we got here, I was surprised to see how many people were also trying to save their marriage. I guess with fifty percent of all marriages ending this way, it shouldn't have been so jarring. But it was. It was horrible to see how many of us are trying make these life-altering decisions, and many of us with children. In a weird way, though, I guess it made me not feel so alone. Misery does love company, I suppose.