By Trudy Cusella
For heaven’s sake, stop, she said.
Stop what?, he asked.
Stop hurting yourself and me. Just go away.
He did.
In the moment, she forgot about the children.
He was their father, after all.
She went on with her life, happier than ever before.
Her children carried on, coping with the hole their father left in the center of their lives.
They longed for him. It broke her heart.
You left me, not them, she said. Come back.
Too late, I’ve started over, he said.
Wrong again, she said. Do you ever get it right?
Stop, he said.
Never, she said.
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