GENESIS

“Please look at me, baby. Please,” he kept saying. But how could I?

How could I look at him?

Just seeing his face made my chest ache—it felt like I couldn’t breathe.

How could he do something like that?

Was Revelation right all along?

Did he never really love me?

He stepped forward and slowly knelt in front of me, placing his hand on my leg. I pushed it away.

I looked up at the ceiling, fighting the tears that were threatening to fall.

“I promise I didn’t get her pregnant while we were married. She… she’s my ex. And we’re not even sure it’s mine,” he said—for the...