Mountains and Seas Between Us

Summary

For the second time that week, Simon Hale stared at his phone and fed a whole grape to our six-month-old son.

The next second, our baby choked. His little face turned red, his hands and feet thrashing in panic.

Simon didn’t even lift his eyes from the screen.

“Sorry. I wasn’t paying attention.”

Ever since his first love added him back, that sentence had become his favorite excuse.

I fumbled to pat our son’s back, tears spilling down my face from fear.

Only when the grape finally came out did I breathe again.