I Stole My Baby Back

My husband Zach’s childhood best friend, Maisie, had a pathology. She called it her "honest baby" routine.

The very first time we met, she looked up at me with wide, doll-like eyes and asked in a sugary, high-pitched coo, "Lola, before you married Zachy, how many boyfriends did you sleep with? How many times did you get pregnant? You have to tell Maisie the absolute truth!"

I was deeply unsettled, but Zach only laughed and squeezed my hand. "Maisie is just a sweet kid at heart. She speaks without a filter, Lola. She doesn't mean any harm."