My Ex-Husband’s Plan to Show Off His Former Wife at Christmas Backfired in a Way He Never Expected

left,” I said.

His shoulders collapsed inward. “Yes,” he said.

The children stood quietly beside me through all of this. Sophia squeezed my hand. “Mama?” she said.

“Yes?”

“Is he crying?”

I nodded. “I think so,” I said.

She frowned up at me. “Why?”

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