Thirty-Three Broken Promises

Summary

On the morning of our daughter's birthday, Corinna told me she had an urgent contract to sign and couldn't join us for our trip to the coast.

In our eight years of marriage, she had been entirely absent from our daughter's life.

"Just this once, please. We promised Addie weeks ago, and she will be devastated if you don't come home."

Addie and I waited by the road from sunrise to sunset. Eventually, she cried herself to sleep against my shoulder, while Corinna's phone went straight to voicemai