“This is cruel.”

I met his gaze.

“Cruel is finding out too late.”

“Call them over. Sit them at your kitchen table, Iris. Talk to them.”

I shook my head.

“Nathaniel would check his watch. Nancy would correct me. Miles would hand me Emma while he took a work call. There’s no point.”

The Reason I Did It

Everything had started months earlier.

When my doctor discovered continue reading …