My Father Cheated With My Aunt On My Birthday

Summary

I was five years old when Mom first caught Dad cheating.

He was on his knees, sobbing, claiming it was just a drunken mistake.

When Mom didn't back down, he grabbed a steak knife from the coffee table and held it to his throat.

"Seraphina, I'm so sorry," he choked out. "I should have just died in that fire ten years ago."

Five years before I was born, Mom had been trapped in a house fire. Dad had risked his life to pull her out while she was pregnant with me.

His leg had been crushed by a f