When My Child Mentioned “Aunt Phoebe,” Everything Fell Apart

a six-year-old. “He said it was our special secret.”

The air went cold.

“Did he say why?”

“He said sometimes daddies and mommies need their own friends. And you wouldn’t understand.”

My throat tightened so hard it hurt. “Did you do things there you don’t usually do? Like stay up late?”

Noah’s face brightened. “We watched the dinosaur movie! The scary one continue reading …