I adopted a cat. Started therapy. Took long walks on my lunch breaks again. I learned how to exist without bending myself into shapes that made everyone else comfortable.
I stopped trying to be the dependable one at my own expense.
But that night? Watching Judy scream, watching Oliver slip on wet paint in a ruined tux, watching the truth explode in front of everyone who enabled their betrayal?
Karma came.
And it was glorious.