In search of Emily

the long version

Emily has a chance to get out. She takes it. She leaves with little only what is hers, the car, her pets, the oil paints and canvases. She wants nothing more from Marcus. Her late maternal grandmother, whom she had only a faint memory of, has given her the means of escape. There is nothing keeping her from leaving. With her marriage in ruin, no friends she could call her own, and no family, she is free. Emily does not know what is ahead, but she does know it will be better than what she has now.