My Ex Tried to Buy Our Daughter’s Love During the Custody Battle – He Smiled Until She Reached into Her Pocket

She was always my gentle kid.

Her dad used to forget her birthday.

Literally.

One year, he texted me in the afternoon: “Wait, is it today or tomorrow?”

It was today.

So when he suddenly started acting like Father of the Year, I didn’t know what to do with that.

At first, it looked harmless.

He bought her a new phone.

Her old one was cracked and slow, sure, but it still worked. I was going to replace it when I got my tax return.

At drop-off, he made a point of saying, loud enough for everyone to hear, “Hers was outdated. Kids get bullied for stuff like that.

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