Chapter 6 " To make sure I don't back out , I emailed it to you , but I also sent a copy to the court clerk I spoke with . Once the time is up , the court will automatically announce it to both parties . Even if I want to back out , it'll be too late to withdraw the divorce agreement . " Tracie spoke in a calm , detached tone . She sounded distant , as though none of this affected her . Barney felt a deep ache in his heart . How hollow must Tracie feel to leave herself no room for regret ? " Tracie , if you need to cry , just let it out ," Barney said gently . Tracie smiled faintly . " I don't want to cry , really " She didn't want to dwell on the pain . She just wanted to move forward with her life . The assets she had saved up over the years were all for Wendi now . Tracie needed to earn money quickly and keep herself busy , without any time to stop and think . Chapter 6 After saying goodbye to Barney , she returned home and immediately dove back into her study to finish her senior living facility project . While reviewing her work , she suddenly remembered that she had left something behind at Grover's villa . To be specific , it was a handwritten note . Half a month ago , while she was putting Wendi to bed , an idea had suddenly come to her . She grabbed a piece of Wendi's colored paper and jotted down her thoughts . Since she was in Wendi's room at the time , she had slipped the note between the pages of Wendi's fairy tale book . That note was important to her project . Realizing that tomorrow was Saturday , when Grover would be taking Wendi to the family's old house for dinner , Tracie decided she would go to the villa the next morning to retrieve the note . The next morning , Tracie checked the time . Grover and Wendi should have already left the villa . She drove over . When she rang the doorbell , she expected it to be Agnes , the housekeeper who had often made things difficult for her . Instead , a stranger opened the door . Chapter 6 The woman asked , " Can I help you ? " " Are you the new housekeeper ? " Tracie asked in return . " I've worked for the Stanton family for twenty years , but I was recently transferred here from the old house . Are you a guest of Mr. Stanton ? " the housekeeper asked politely but cautiously . A bitter smile tugged at Tracie's lips . A housekeeper who had worked for twenty years at the old house didn't recognize her as Mrs. Stanton . No wonder . Her marriage to Grover had always been just a piece of paper . They never had a wedding , and Grover had never publicly acknowledged her as Mrs. Stanton . " I'm … Wendi's tutor . I left something in her room and came to get it , " Tracie lied . She didn't expect the housekeeper to let her in , but if not , she would just wait for Grover to come back and get the note herself . To her surprise , the housekeeper let her in . " You can come in . " " Tracie went straight to Wendi's room and found it in complete Chapter & disarray . The bookshelves , which she had previously organized , were now a mess . Trying to find her note among the books would be tricky . To avoid making the housekeeper uncomfortable by standing at the door and watching her , Tracie carried a stack of children's books into the living room and began flipping through them , one by one . Just as she was getting absorbed in her search , the sound of the door opening echoed from the hallway . Moments later , Grover walked in , holding Wendi's hand , with Wendi holding Juliana's hand . The three of them were chatting and laughing , clearly at ease with each other , walking into the house like a happy , inseparable family . As she saw the three of them holding hands , looking like the perfect , happy family , Tracie's face betrayed not a single emotion .