Chapter 9 - THE NEXT BIRTHDAY
Our divorce was finalized eleven months after Lily’s birthday.
We shared custody. Daniel found another job. He became more responsible about money and, as far as I could tell, much more careful about keeping Carol and Megan outside decisions involving Lily.
I did not become friends with his family again.
At Lily’s next birthday, we chose something smaller.
Six children, bowling, pizza, a grocery-store cake with purple frosting.
Daniel came.
Carol did not. Megan did not.
At the end of the party, there were four pieces of cake left.
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I packed two for Daniel and put two in my refrigerator.
No argument. No raised hand. No one telling me what I owed them simply because I had enough.
