At seven months pregnant, life felt nearly perfect. My husband Peter and I were prepping the nursery, debating baby names, and enjoying the calm before parenthood. Then one night at 11 p.m., my dad showed up at our door with an overnight bag. His face was drawn, his voice low. \u201cI\u2019m divorcing your mother,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t stay in that house anymore.\u201d I was stunned. My parents had been married 37 years. Divorce? It didn\u2019t make sense. Dad barely explained\u2014just that he was going to the lake house. But later that night, I caught him rifling through our nursery closet at 2 a.m. \u201cThought this was the guest room,\u201d he mumbled, clearly lying. The next morning,<\/p>\n
he was gone. Just a note on the counter: \u201cI\u2019ve gone to the lake house. Don\u2019t call. I need space.\u201d I called Mom in a panic\u2014and her reaction chilled me. He told me he was at the office last night! And the lake house? We sold that a year ago!\u201d Fearing the worst, she picked me up and we tracked him to a house on the edge of town. Her voice shaking,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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