Molly gripped her son’s hand outside the principal’s office, dreading another conversation about his behavior. She had no idea that walking through that door would put her face to face with a man she never expected to see again — someone whose presence would force her to question everything about the life she’d built
The man standing beside the principal turned out to be Tommy’s teacher, and Molly recognized him instantly as Christian, her ex-boyfriend from nearly nine years earlier. Before that moment, though, her days were consumed by a marriage growing colder and a son slipping further away from her.
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A Family Under Strain
Molly’s husband, Nigel, never called Tommy his son. He always said “your son”, keeping distance between himself and the boy who wasn’t his biological child. Molly had hoped time would change that, but it never did.
