The day my ex-husband called and asked to reconnect with our daughter, I truly believed it might be the turning point she’d been waiting for. Three years of heartbreak had taught me to keep my guard up—but still, when he said he wanted to spend time with Lily, I cracked open the door, just a little. For her sake.
Leo walked out on us when Lily was barely two. Not just walked out—he walked a few blocks away to live with the woman he’d been cheating on me with. No goodbye that made sense. No apology. Just a choice: start over without us.
