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.

What frightened him was whether they would ever want him.

Meanwhile, in Maine, Emily fought emotions she believed she had buried long ago.

The boys noticed right away.

“Mommy, why are you sad?” Elliot asked one evening over dinner.

Emily forced a faint smile.

“I’m just tired, sweetheart.”

But children sensed the truth naturally.

That night, after bedtime,continue reading …