Eight Months Pregnant and Suddenly Raising Seven Children Alone, Until One Quiet Family Decision Changed Everything at His Beachside Wedding

wives before me.”

“Yes.”

“After they were gone?”

“Yes, Mattie.”

I swallowed hard.

“So I am next.”

“Come with me,” he said gently. “If you still want to leave after this, I will not stop you.”

That last part mattered more than I expected. So I went.

We drove in silence. Not the comfortable kind. The kind you need when you are trying to understand something continue reading …