I Opened The Security Log Before They Could Get Their Story Straight

back in front of him and tapped the first entry.

March 14.

He didn’t touch the phone.

Beth said, “Try again.”

He rubbed his mouth with one hand. “Since March.”

March.

I was due in August.

Which meant almost half my pregnancy.

Which meant all those lonely appointments, all those canceled dinners, all those nights he rolled away from me saying he was exhausted,continue reading …