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.

shouted:

“Mommy! Daddy fish!”

The word struck both adults immediately.

Daddy.

Nathan’s eyes widened.

Emily turned sharply.

But the boy was not speaking about him.

He was pointing excitedly at a large fish near the dock.

Still…

The accidental word stayed heavy in the air.

Nathan looked away first.

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