Why He Gave In

When Joanne was seven months pregnant with our second child, I caught her naked with her childhood sweetheart, their bodies entangled on the couch.

After she delivered the baby prematurely, I resolutely went ahead with divorce proceedings.

After the divorce, I took our second child, Dorothy, and left. I rented a dark basement room and worked construction to get by, and managed to raise my daughter until she turned three.

The day I was diagnosed with stomach cancer, Joanne was kneeling at my door, begging me to go home.