Five-Year-Old Daughter Said Daddy’s Bath Games Were Secret—Then I Looked Through the Bathroom Door and Called the Police
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Chapter 21 - MY MARRIAGE ENDSI filed for divorce seven months after the bathroom.
Not immediately.
People judged that.
Some said:
How could you hesitate?
Because human beings are not court exhibits.
Mark was my husband.
Sophie’s father.
The man I had loved for twelve years.
Part of me kept waiting for an explanation that would let us go backward.
There wasn’t one.
Therapy clarified something.
I could understand how Mark got there.
I could believe he loved Sophie.
I could believe he never intended to injure her seriously.
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And still decide I could not remain married to someone who made our child keep medication and fear secret from me.
Understanding is not reconciliation.
