A secret that left me stunned was revealed to me when I overheard my five-year-old daughter conversing with her stuffed animal.
When I was twenty-five, I met Adam at a café. It seems like yesterday when I think back on that time. He was dressed in a green sweater that accentuated the amazing hue of green in his eyes.
I nearly spilled my coffee on him as he looked up and grinned at me. Still grinning, he warned me to exercise caution, and that brief encounter grew into a three-hour discussion.
He knelt down in the same café where our paths had first met two years later and proposed to me.
After being married, we had a cute kid. She is five years old already.
I heard her conversing with her plush animal one day as I was walking by her room. I froze in place as she said, “Don’t worry, Mommy won’t be mad.” “She will never know,” said Daddy.
As I listened to her, I became aware that my husband was keeping something significant from me, and I knew that he wouldn’t tell me if I asked him directly. I continued to listen and kept quiet so she wouldn’t notice.
I was stunned by what I learned.
As I listened to Lily, I became aware that Adam was deceiving me and using our daughter as a cover for his deception.
She admitted that her father planned to divorce me and that he was taking her to covert meetings with another woman.
I didn’t respond right away.
I prepared my response in beforehand.
I collected proof with my lawyer’s assistance.
Then, one day, after making sure all the legal procedures were followed, I requested a divorce and custody of Lily.
Today, my daughter and I are rebuilding our lives together.
We gained peace of mind, but we lost Adam.
I appreciate Lily having the guts to be honest with me.
I sometimes remember that small teddy bear that came to our rescue.
