Three Months Pregnant, I Signed the Divorce Papers While My Husband Rushed to Another Woman—Ten Years Later, He Shook Our Son’s Hand Without Knowing Who He Was

Six months after that first office meeting, Mason was born.

Dark eyes.

Sharp little chin.

Permanent frown whenever the world inconvenienced him.

Lucas’s face.

I left the father’s section unresolved pending legal establishment of parentage.

Elaine kept telling me:

“This cannot remain indefinite.”