What I Saw At His Mom’s House Changed Everything – Page 2

I had wrapped that gift myself just a week earlier.

I said nothing. I didn’t want to ruin her day with a gut-punch of confusion. But inside, something cracked.

Later, I asked Mark—quietly—if he’d given the gift to his ex-wife to pass off as hers. He laughed, as if I were being dramatic. But I wasn’t.

He finally admitted, “It matters to Mia that her mom gets her something special. You already do so much. I didn’t think it would matter.”

But it did.