What My Five-Year-Old Said After School Made Me Question Everything

I thought I knew my wife. After ten years of marriage, a home we built from nothing, and a daughter who felt like the center of our universe, I believed our life was solid. I met Sophia years ago at a friend’s party and fell for her confidence and warmth instantly.

We grew together, married quietly, and learned how to be parents when our daughter Lizzy was born. Life wasn’t perfect, but it felt real and stable. We shared routines, small arguments, late-night feedings, and ordinary joys.

I never once questioned her loyalty or imagined that the woman I trusted most could be living a second life beside mine. Everything changed on a Thursday afternoon when I picked Lizzy up from kindergarten. As I helped her into her jacket, she casually asked why “the new daddy” hadn’t come that day.

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