“You were controlling.”
The room fell silent.
He glanced at a drawing on the refrigerator.
Three stick figures held hands.
Mom.
Ethan.
Noah.
No dad.
Not even an empty space where one should have been.
Just three.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked.
Even before the words left his mouth, he knew they were unfair.
Emma laughed bitterly.
“I found out I was pregnant three weeks after I left.”
Nathan closed his eyes.
“At first, I thought maybe life was giving us another chance.”