This Life, I Won't Let Go

I spent twenty years married to David Miller, ten of those caring for his bedridden mother, and helped him climb from a struggling local teacher to a renowned professor. Everyone praised me as the epitome of a devoted wife and loving mother, the unsung hero of the Miller family. On her deathbed, my mother-in-law, Eleanor, held my hand, saying she hoped I'd be her daughter-in-law again in another life. David hugged me, expressing his gratitude. "Scarlett, you've worked so hard all these years. I'll make it up to you, I promise."