Her Name, Not His
The night Lydia Harper's divorce was finalized, Graham Bennett set our divorce papers down next to our daughter's birthday cake.
He said, "It'd look pathetic for her to walk out of a marriage alone. I have to go through one with her."
Maisie was flushed with fever, and she still hung onto his sleeve and begged him. "Dad, tomorrow's my birthday. Please don't make Mom go."
He pulled his arm back. "Be good. Dad's just putting on a show with Ms. Harper for a few days. We'll remarry soon enough."
For seven years, every time Lydia made a scene, he came home and tore up my life all over again.
Then last night I stumbled onto her second account.
"Tomorrow I'm we