My Ex Heard One Name at the Airport and Started Running

security when Adrian called.

Of course he did.

His name flashed across the screen while a security officer told Lily to put her stuffed rabbit in the tray.

I declined it.

He called again.

Then again.

By the fourth time Noah had seen the screen.

“Is it Dad?”

“Yes.”

“Are you gonna answer?”

“No.”

He took that in, then shrugged with a kind of tired wisdom no ten-year-old continue reading …