The distance between us is on both sides of the world

Summary

My husband, Gideon Thorne, has OCD. Everything in our house had to follow his meticulously planned schedule.

But on our daughter's birthday, he and his assistant were unforgivably late.

Our daughter, Cora, who shares his obsessive need for order, didn't throw a tantrum. Instead, she just smiled and asked them to help her cut the cake.

I watched them―father and daughter―with cream smeared on their faces, laughing and posing for a photo with his assistant, Brielle.

That was the final straw.

T