Five Years After Our Divorce, My Ex-Husband Smirked, “Leaving You Was the Best Decision I Ever Made”—Then My Daughter Ran Across the Ballroom Calling Me Mom

“I did.”

“That must have been difficult.”

Her voice carried that careful sympathy people use when they want you to understand they are enjoying your supposed misfortune.

I lifted my glass.

“It turned out remarkably well.”

Gavin laughed.

“That’s certainly one way to describe surviving.”

There it was.