Divorced With His Heir In My Belly
He had walked on fire to save our son, and now, the bill had come due.
In the corner of the waiting room, a wall-mounted television hummed with the low, urgent tone of a breaking news report. I didn't have to look up to know what they were talking about. I could feel the eyes of the other parents and the nurses at the station drifting toward me, then back to the screen.
...exclusive footage from the scene in the valley... Lucy Rider, the estranged wife of Tyler Rider, confirmed dead at the scene...
I caught a glimpse of myself on the screen—a grainy, long-lens shot of me carrying Caleb and Leena across the field. I looked like a ghost.