When the Backup Dad Walked Away

My best friend passed away when his wife Laura was eight months pregnant.

Laura said she didn't want her child to grow up without a father.

To repay my friend's life-saving grace, I became the child's father.

Laura loved her work, so I quit my job to become a full-time stay-at-home dad, caring for them for seven years straight.

But she remained cold and distant. Only during sex at night would she occasionally show a trace of tenderness.

Yet after each time, she would carefully check whether the condom had broken.

One night, the condom accidentally broke.