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It was a quiet night, one that should have been ordinary. I never imagined it would become the moment that changed everything between my husband and me.
We’d argued earlier that evening — one of those painful arguments that doesn’t end in shouting, just in silence that feels like a wall between two hearts. He had turned away, and I had turned inward, both of us too proud to bridge the gap.
By the time my brother arrived to rush me to the hospital, I could barely speak through the contractions. The pain was physical, but beneath it was something sharper — heartbreak.
The Call That Broke Him
Ten long hours passed. The labor was grueling, the kind that leaves every muscle trembling. My husband still hadn’t arrived.
Then, finally, my phone rang. It was him.
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