He Wouldn't Give Me 40 Minutes to Become a Mother, But He Gave Her a Sunset

Synopsis

On the morning of my final IVF cycle, I begged my husband for forty minutes. He refused. He said the flight plan was fixed, the crew schedule couldn't change, and we could try again another time. There would never be another time. I lost my last chance to become a mother. Three years later, on our fifth anniversary, his assistant looked out the window of his private jet and said she wanted to see the sunset. My husband ordered the pilot to change course for her. It added exactly forty minutes. That was when I finally understood. He had never been unable to wait for me. He simply hadn't wanted to. So while he watched the sunset with her, I texted my lawyer. Before the trip was over, I would place our marriage in front of him one final time. This time, I would not ask him to choose me.