I Walked My Neighbor’s Daughter to School Every Morning — One Day, My Life Turned Upside Down Because of It

Rebecca. We had a wedding planned, and dreams of kids and a house that felt full.

I used to imagine Sunday mornings with pancakes and cartoons and little voices calling me Dad.

A week before the wedding, she sat me down at the kitchen table and told me she was pregnant with her boss’s child.

Then she packed a bag and left. Just like that.

That was the day my life collapsed.

I fell into a depression so deep I stopped believing I was meant to have a family at all. I stopped believing in much of anything, honestly.

Biking saved me.

There’s nothing like speeding down the freeway on a bike to make you feel alive. The quiet rules of the community gave me a sense of stability, while the open road made me feel free.

For the past 30 years, that was my life.

At night, I worked as a security guard, but on weekends, I was free enough that I could pretend there wasn’t a gaping hole in my heart.

But standing there in front of that little girl, I felt something I thought I’d buried for good stir awake.

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