It was just another Tuesday when my five-year-old son, Liam, said something that changed everything. \u201cAlex missed Dad today,\u201d he told me after swim practice. Alex \u2014 the young, blonde swim coach. The one my husband, Nate, always saw when he took Liam to lessons. The one I\u2019d never met. That innocent comment cracked open a truth I\u2019d ignored for too long. Nate was never the engaged parent. Except when it came to swim. That was their thing, and I respected that. But now, it all made sense \u2014 his cologne, the humming, the way he shut me out of meets. And the one time I asked to join,<\/p>\n
he said I\u2019d \u201cstress Liam out.\u201d I let it go. But I shouldn\u2019t have. The day after Liam\u2019s comment, I showed up at practice early. I watched Alex \u2014 kind, attentive, warm. I waited, then approached him. \u201cI\u2019m Liam\u2019s mom,\u201d I said. \u201cHe mentioned you missed Nate.\u201d Alex froze. He admitted it gently \u2014 nothing physical, yet. But yes, Nate spent a lot of time there. Too much. They were both lonely,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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