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In the year Zack went bankrupt, he secretly bought two extra plane tickets and took Yvette and her daughter, Ivy, abroad with him. Right before he switched off his phone, he called me. He said, "Yvette's husband died because of me. I can't just walk away from them. "Give me ten years. When I come back, I'll marry you." Five years later, Zack came back on top, basking in his success. I carried my daughter, Rona, on my back for an hour, just to save a few bucks on bus fare. But all I saw was Zack getting into a car, his arm around the woman everyone called his wife. Rona's cheeks were red from the sun as she looked up at me, hope shining in her eyes. She asked, "Mom, aren't we going to see Dad?" I turned around and started walking back. I said, "I made a mistake. That wasn't your dad."