Offer In Hand, Family In Ashes

Synopsis

On Children's Day, the hottest post on my feed was about me. The headline: "Is Mr. Burgess taking his son to spend the birthday with his first love—finally ready to divorce Veronica?" I quietly liked it. When my phone rang, I was taking down balloons I'd set up for our anniversary. "Babe," my husband's voice rushed in, already defensive. "Our son suddenly wanted to go to the amusement park, so I had to—" In the background, I heard our son laughing."Dad! Ms. Ward said I can sleep over at her place tonight!" I looked around the room. The balloons were wilting. The frosting on the anniversary cake had gone hard. "No need to explain," I heard myself say. "I get it." But Mason, this time? I'm done with both you and our son.