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

“How’s the beach? Did the girls have fun?”

I turned the phone face down and didn’t answer.

We pulled into the driveway just after dusk.

A truck was pulling away.

A big one.

My chest tightened.

“Mommy, why is there a big truck?” one twin asked.

“I don’t know,” I said.

For once, I didn’t soften it or try to make it sound better.

I unlocked the door.

The hallway was chaos.

There was a stack of cardboard boxes stacked shoulder high.

Packing foam everywhere.

A massive flat screen TV leaned carefully against the wall, and a brand new media console sat unopened beside it.

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