Maximus:
It’s Kylie’s fifth birthday today..and if I’m being honest, she’s the only beautiful thing that’s come out of this messed-up marriage with Jess.
Life with Jess? It’s like living in a pressure cooker. Tight, exhausting and always one second away from exploding. But Kylie? She’s my peace. My light. The one face I can count on to make me smile at the end of a long, bitter day.
We brought her to one of the biggest malls in the city to let her pick out whatever she wanted, and she’s been floating on air ever since. Clutching my arm like it’s her anchor, tugging me this way and that, her little finger shooting out at every colorful thing that catches her eye.
Jess, on the other hand, walks silently beside us..more present in her phone than in the moment. I’ve barely gotten more than
