The Man I Loved Left Me After Asking Me To End My Pregnancy

“The boys had a good visit yesterday,” I said. It was a strange pivot, but it was the truth I had available.

He exhaled slowly. “Noah and the nest.”

“Yes.”

“I didn’t know what to say to him,” Damien said. “I just said what seemed true.”

“It was the right thing.”

Another silence. Not an uncomfortable one this time. The silence of people who have run out continue reading …