The Other Woman And Her Son

Synopsis

My husband, Lance Moore, was the youngest professor at the university. After five years of marriage, he was heading abroad for a three-year academic exchange. I went to the airport to see him off. He held me tight, his eyes red. "When I get back, we'll have a baby," he said. Three years later, I had been counting down the days and finally went to his university, planning to surprise him. But I was stopped by his star student, Elina Dunn. She looked at me with sympathy in her eyes. "Are you Ms. Freeman?" I nodded with a smile. After a moment's hesitation, she finally spoke up, "Professor Moore is on funeral leave. "His wife passed away in a car accident last week." I was hit like a ton of bricks, frozen in place. Elina went on, "She left behind a four-year-old son. It's heartbreaking."