When I Returned from the Hospital with Our Newborn, My Husband Had Changed the Locks – Twenty Hours Later, He Showed Up, Pounding and Screaming

His face crumpled. “I know.

And that’s the worst part. I was so focused on making this perfect that I didn’t realize I was hurting you. I thought I was giving you a gift, but instead I made you think I didn’t want you.”

He reached across the table and took my hand.

“You scared me,” I whispered.

“I know.

I’m so sorry, Penny. I was trying so hard to be enough for you that I forgot you just needed me to be there.”

There was a knock at the door.

I opened it to find Vanessa standing there, looking sheepish.

“You knew?!” I said.

“He told me two weeks ago. But when things got delayed and you came back with the baby, he texted me right away…

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