My Husband Left Dur:ing Labor for His Mom’s Birthday 3 Days Later, He Went Pale When He Saw Who Held Our Son

Ruining it.

“Claire, I already told you,” Adrian said over the phone. Music and laughter filled the background. “Mom has been planning this dinner for six months.”

Another contraction tightened across my abdomen.

I gripped the metal railing outside the entrance.

“My water broke.”

“You said that.”

“They’re four minutes apart now.”