“We made breakfast for dinner!”
Ben lifted his pancake proudly.
“Mine’s only burned on one side.”
Then Ava noticed my expression.
“Did Daddy help you find the bad part of the story?”
I looked down at the blue washer resting in my palm.
Then at my children.
And finally I smiled.
“No, sweetheart,” I whispered. “He helped me find the truth. The rest of the story belongs to us now.”