Sabrina looked past him.

“I would prefer that you talk to me first.”

For the first time since I had met her, she removed her engagement ring and slipped it into her handbag.

It wasn’t a dramatic gesture.

She simply wanted her hands free while she figured out what was true.

PART 5

The Year I Learned to Be Four Mothers at Once

That afternoon, while the children sampled cookies at the far end of the sunroom, my mind returned to the years Terrence had never asked about.