“You’re serious,” I said.
“Very,” she said. “This actually helps your case. It proves instability on his part. We’ll push for primary custody and financial protection for you.”
I hung up and laughed until I cried.
I know that sounds mean.
But something about it felt… cosmic.
But something about it felt… cosmic.
You cheat on your wife with her sister after she donates an organ, and then the universe hands you a fraud investigation?
It didn’t stop there.
Apparently, Kara had helped him “shift” money.
Kara texted me from some unknown number:
“I didn’t know it was illegal. He said it was a tax thing. I’m so sorry. Can we talk?”
Not my problem anymore.
I blocked it.
Not my problem anymore.
Around the same time, I had a checkup with the transplant team.
“Your labs are great,” the doctor said. “Your remaining kidney is functioning beautifully.”
“Nice to know at least one part of me has its life together,” I joked.
She smiled.
“I don’t regret the act itself.”
“Any regrets about donating?” she asked.
I thought about it.
“I regret who I gave it to,” I said. “I don’t regret the act itself.”
She nodded.
“Your choice was based on love,” she said. “His choices are based on him. Those things are separate.”
That stuck with me.
He looked older.
The big moment came six months later.
I was making grilled cheese for the kids when my phone buzzed with a link from Hannah.
No message. Just a link.
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