I couldn’t verify every detail and didn’t try to become his supervisor.

His next contract would be shorter, and his travel schedule would have to work with the parenting plan.

“I thought I could do whatever I wanted because I was the one away earning money,” he said as we waited for the paperwork.

“I was earning a life for our daughters here,” I replied.

“I see that now.”

I looked at him carefully.

“Seeing it now won’t give me back their first three months.”