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I was ten weeks pregnant when I planned to surprise my firefighter husband on our third wedding anniversary. I bought tiny white baby shoes, saved my positive pregnancy test, and hid them in a gift box at the back of our closet. Then Brennan's phone lit up. Eve is crying in bed, the preview read. She won't go to sleep until she knows when Daddy is coming home to tuck her in. The little girl called my husband Daddy. As I read their messages, I discovered that Brennan had spent the past year showing up for another family's school events, doctor visits, nightmares, and birthdays. He never told me.