Vivian's POV
It was taking a lot of emotional strength to keep going after ending things with Ryan Terrell. But Vivian was doing it and she was proud of herself.
During the day, she sang, she danced, she smiled at her kids.
She had friendly conversations with her co-workers and she reached out to Amy. Really making sure that her best friend knew that she was just fine now. That there was absolutely nothing to worry about.
Life was great, and Vivian was great too… except she really was not.
During the daylight hours while she was surrounded by people. It was easy for her to keep up the act.
Smiling was easier when all that she had to do was look at her beaming students and copy them. Her lips curling upwards even when she wanted to curl them downwards and frown. Every single one of the precious babies in her class knew that she was lying. But they were still showing her the kindness of acting like they believed her. So Vivian carried on pretending.
