The Single Dad Joked: “Careful, People Will Think We’re Dating.”- I Whispered, “I Hope They Do.” Then His Ex-Wife Tried to Destroy Me.

Someone down the block was mowing too early for a Sunday.

The world had no manners. It kept going even when your heart was embarrassed.

“Sorry for what?” I asked.

He flinched.

Good.

“Claire had no right to talk to you like that,” he said. “You didn’t deserve it.”

“No,” I said. “I didn’t.”

He looked down.

That silence told me more than another apology would have.

Everett was a good man.