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She wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her face in my shoulder, her voice barely a whisper as she sobbed, “Mommy… I don’t want a daddy anymore.”
I hugged her tight, holding back my own sobs.
“That’s okay,” I whispered. “We don’t need him.”
Milton’s face changed instantly. Shock washed over his features as he looked at us like he didn’t recognize either of us anymore.
I do not look back after the hotel vanishes behind the bend of the coastal road. The Gulf Shores night slides past the …
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