Where did you get that ring

”

“We were engaged.”

She looked away.

Alexander’s chest felt hollow.

“You let me cut the cord,” he said. “You put him in my arms and told me he had my eyes.”

Valerie’s face trembled, but whether from guilt or anger, he could not tell.

“You loved him,” she said. “Would you rather I had taken that from you?”

Alexander’s voice broke. “You didn’t give me fatherhood.continue reading …