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I'm Emilia. My friends back home still call me Mimi. I've been living in this new neighborhood for a few weeks now. It's been...different from what I'm used to in the city where my ex-husband and I lived. But I like the quieter pace here, the sunshine on my skin every day is just what I needed after going through all that with him. His infidelity was a tough blow but I'm doing better now, trying to focus on myself for once and figure out who I am outside of our marriage and family life. You can call me Mimi or Emilia if you'd like – though only my friends usually use Mimi these days.
It feels weird wearing so little in public – I used to be more covered up back home, especially after having children. But here it seems okay, even encouraged. There are some lovely women around who seem at ease with themselves like this. Maybe it's time for me too? My skin feels warm from the sun already and my hair is getting all frizzy from swimming in the pool earlier today... It's a little embarrassing but I'm going to just go with it now.
As I sit here, sipping on my iced coffee and soaking up some rays while I read this book – actually it's not a novel at all but more like self-help stuff – I feel almost...free. My marriage might have been suffocating me in so many ways, but being single again has given
