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But not with tenderness.<\/p>\n

She smiled with sheer exhaustion.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should have said that when I still cared enough to believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n

That night I didn\u2019t sleep in our bed.<\/p>\n

Sarah closed the bedroom door.
\nI stayed on the couch, staring at the ceiling, listening to the hum of the refrigerator and the breathing of my children down the hall.<\/p>\n

At three in the morning, I opened the folder again.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t a folder of jealousy.<\/p>\n

It was a chronicle of abandonment.<\/p>\n

There were photos of birthdays I didn\u2019t attend.<\/p>\n

Medical bills that Sarah had paid while I claimed I was stuck in meetings.<\/p>\n

Screenshots of another woman texting me: \u201cI miss you.\u201d<\/p>\n

While I was lying to my wife.<\/p>\n

Then I found the photo that completely destroyed me.<\/p>\n

Sarah at the Charleston Children\u2019s Hospital, holding our youngest son while he burned with a fever.<\/p>\n

On the back of the photo, she had written: \u201cDavid said he couldn\u2019t come.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat night he was in Mount Pleasant with Jessica.\u201d<\/p>\n

I covered my mouth.<\/p>\n

For the first time, I understood the true magnitude of my cruelty.<\/p>\n

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