I smiled on the day my husband finalized our divorce and married the woman he had been seeing behind my back while I was eight months pregnant.

silence for years, but they had also kept their own distance from Nathan, returning his flowers, protecting her wishes, and never asking too many questions.

The next day, Emily and Nathan drove to Evanston while the boys stayed with a trusted neighbor.

Emily’s mother, Margaret, met Nathan at the door with a long, searching stare.

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