He Left Our Kids and Me for His Mistress. Three Years Later, I Finally Found My Closure

at spreadsheets and wondering how close I was to the edge.

But slowly, something shifted.

Lily stopped asking when her father would call. Max stopped checking his phone before bed. The questions faded, replaced by routines we created together. Movie nights on Fridays with popcorn stretched carefully to last. Saturday mornings spent cleaning while music continue reading …