Second Chances
Family Drama · fiction

Learning From the Empty Crib

I came home just after two in the morning carrying the smell of another woman on my clothes and the confidence of a man who had lied so many times that he had begun to believe lying was the same thing as being clever. The house in Greenwich was dark except for the lights we always left burning over the kitchen island. Everything looked normal...

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
4
Fiction status
fiction
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4

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