Eight Months Pregnant, I Asked My Husband to Stop the Car — He Left Me on the Road

keeping at arm’s length for longer than I could honestly account for.

“Claire,” she said. “If he can do this while you’re carrying his child, what do you think happens when the baby is actually here?”

I did not have an answer. But I did not argue with the question the way I would have six months earlier. I lay there and I let the question sit between continue reading …