My Husband Showed Up with a Cast on His Leg the Day Before Our First Family Vacation – Then I Got a Call That Changed Everything

I sat there. Phone in my lap.

Heart hammering so hard I thought I might pass out.

I looked at the girls.

They were splashing around happily, blissfully unaware.

I wanted to throw up.

So I packed my things.

I didn’t explain to the girls why we were leaving early.

I just said, “We’re going home tonight,” and forced a smile as they zipped their tiny suitcases back up.

They cried. They begged.

They asked what they did wrong.

“Nothing,” I said.

“You did nothing wrong.”

At the airport, my phone lit up.

It was a text from my husband.

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