I agreed to bring my daughter to her father’s wedding for just an hour. What his new wife did to her during the family photos left me shaken. The woman thought she’d gotten away after hurting my child.
She was sorely mistaken. Some moments don’t go unnoticed, and karma isn’t blind.
My name is Laura. I’m 35, and two years ago I divorced my husband, Eric.
Our relationship didn’t end in flames; it just faded until we both realized we were better at being parents than partners.
What I didn’t know was that co-parenting would be tested in ways I never imagined.
The one thing we never compromised on was our daughter Sophie, who’s five years old and still believes everyone she loves should naturally belong together. She doesn’t fully understand divorce yet.
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