Eight Years, No Us

Eight Years, No Us

My spouse was a lawyer, and I had been married to him for eight years. He never once called me his wife in public during that time. He wouldn’t even let our daughter call him “Dad.”

He missed out on her youth over and over again because of the girl he loved when he was a kid. He forgave her even after she damaged our daughter. I was tired and empty. I made the choice to depart. I grabbed our daughter and disappeared from his life.

But he didn’t want to get a divorce. He started looking for us like a crazy ...