My ex abandoned me and our son for a wealthy man—ten years later, she invited me to her wedding, so I hired an actress to pose as my wife.

or the electric bill matters more that week. The kind where new shoes mean somebody worked extra hours or went without.

After college, I worked every job I could get. Warehouse shifts, delivery runs, weekend landscaping, night inventory. I slept four hours some weeks.

He was one month old when Monica packed two suitcases and left.

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