The Plans They Made Together

To everyone else, Zoey had it all. But behind the perfect smile was a plan to survive.

The house was clean, the kids were smiling, and Zoey knew how to say the right things. For years, she played the part of the devoted wife. But behind closed doors, her marriage to Cole was a slow unraveling—emotional manipulation, control masked as concern, and a growing fear that was hard to ignore.

When Cole’s mask cracks and wants out, Zoey doesn’t just walk away—she runs. Armed with a carefully laid plan, a truck full of her children’s belongings, and the fading echo of who she used to be, she starts over in a small Tennessee town. But healing is not as simple as changing zip codes.

Between making ends meet, protecting her kids, and learning who she can really trust—including a steady, kind-hearted friend from her past—Zoey must find the strength to stop surviving and start living.

Heart-wrenching, hopeful, and quietly powerful, this is a story of reclaiming your voice, protecting what matters most, and believing in the future—even after everything falls apart.