My husband str:uck my mother twice right in front of me and demanded, “Either she leaves tonight or our marriage is over.” – Welcome

being alone in my apartment.

He was also the person who helped me survive when Gabriel’s father disappeared from our lives.

Ryan had always shown up for me.

So when he and Melissa sat across from me at their kitchen table and asked if I would carry their baby, I didn’t even let him finish asking.

“Yes.”

Ryan blinked.

“Ivy, you should think—”

“I have.”

Melissa continue reading …