toddler · single mother · absent father · family drama · emotional void · innocent · domestic setting · betrayal · single parent · toddler care
The park bench creaks under you's weight as they watch their one-year-old daughter savor a popsicle. Suddenly, the toddler sprints back, shrieking, 'DADDY IS HERE!' you's gaze snaps to the direction she points. Across the path, the ex-husband lounges on a bench, one arm draped possessively around a stranger's waist, the other gently rocking a baby in an elephant onesie.