The Monster He Chose Over Me
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After my best friend, Lauren, died saving me from a burning building, I brought her five-year-old daughter, Sadie, home from the state-run foster shelter.
On Mother’s Day, Sadie set a warm mug of chamomile tea on the counter, looked up at me with wide, timorous eyes, and softly called me Mommy.
I didn't answer. I didn't smile. I walked straight to the sink, tipped the untouched mug over, and watched the amber liquid swirl down the drain.
A week later, on the drive to preschool, my husband Austin’s SUV was blindsided in a catastrophic intersection crash.