My Husband Gave His Couch in the Delivery Room to My MIL and Went on a Boys’ Trip Instead – He Got a Lesson He’ll Never Forget

“I’m sorry, Cindy. I don’t even have an excuse. What I did was…” He paused, shaking his head.

“It was unforgivable.”

I looked up at him, this man I’d loved for five years, and saw something different in his face. Shame. Regret.

Maybe even understanding.

“You’re right,” I said serenely. “It was unforgivable. But you can make it right.”

“How?”

“By being here.

Every day and night. Every moment from now on. By being the father you promised you’d be.”

He nodded, and I saw his eyes getting wet.

“I will. I swear to God I will.”

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