My Colonel Ex-Husband Invited Me to Christmas, Unaware I Was Bringing His Four Children

I nodded.

“He asks direct questions.”

“He should.”

Vanessa took a breath.

“I need you to understand that I didn’t know.

I don’t expect forgiveness for not asking harder questions, but I didn’t know there were children.”

“I believe you didn’t know,” I said.

“That doesn’t mean I know what you should do with the rest of your life.”