“Daddy,” Willa says. “Why are you kissing Isabel?” My mind goes blank. It has disintegrated entirely, and I can only stare at my children with a sinking feeling in my gut. They’re the most important thing in my life. I’ve never introduced them to a woman. Never even raised an idea of me and another woman, other than their mother. “Come on, kids,” Katja says. She has a no-nonsense tone in her voice, and I have no idea what she’s thinking of me at this very moment. “Let’s leave the grown-ups to finish their conversation.” “But they weren’t talking!” Sam protests. I run a hand over my face. “It’s
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