I was showing my daughter old college photos when she pointed at my ex, Nico, and said, “I know him. He gave me this bracelet at the fair.” My stomach dropped. Months earlier at a small fair, she’d run up with that very bracelet, saying a “nice man” had given it to her. I thought it was just a vendor’s trinket—until now. Nico was someone I hadn’t seen in seven years.
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