Mountains and Seas Between Us
Language: en
For the second time that week, Simon Hale stared at his phone and fed a whole grape to our six-month-old son. The next second, our baby choked. His little face turned red, his hands and feet thrashing in panic. Simon didn’t even lift his eyes from the screen. “Sorry. I wasn’t paying attention.” Ever since his first love added him back, that sentence had become his favorite excuse. I fumbled to pat our son’s back, tears spilling down my face from fear. Only when the grape finally came out did I breathe again. Simon glanced at the resentment on my face, then went right back to staring…