My Husband Told Me to “Handle It Yourself” While I Was in Labor So He Could Stay at His Mother’s Birthday—Then I Made One Phone Call

“You sure?”

“Yes.”

For once, my father did not tell me what to do.

“Okay.”

That may have been the first repair between us.

PART 7 — BRANDON FINDS OUT HE HAS A SON

At nine that morning, Brandon finally called.

I let it ring.

Then again.

Third time, I answered.