My Husband Filed for Emergency Custody Before My Flight—Then the Pink Ribbon on My Missing Suitcase Led Me to My Mother’s 28-Year-Old Secret

“I do.”

“Then let me see Lily.”

“No.”

I ended the call.

My hands shook afterward.

Not because I thought I’d made the wrong decision.

Because for years, ending a conversation before Ryan considered it finished had felt almost impossible.

Lily crawled toward me.