Five Minutes After My Divorce My Ex Rushed To An Ultrasound Until The Doctor Called Security

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I let out a quiet laugh, the first genuine one of the day. “Lots of them, sweetheart.”

That seemed to satisfy her. The children fell back into their private thoughts while the car moved through streets I had known for years, corners where we used to stop for groceries, the dry cleaner where I had taken David’s suits every month, the coffee shop continue reading …