My Husband Disliked That 0ur Biker Neighbor Started Walking Our Little Daughter Home from School *Then Her Teacher Called Me and Said, ‘It’s About the Man Wh0 Picks Her Up’

Melissa was also the kind of person who could be forty minutes late because she stopped for coffee on the way to somewhere she was already late to.

There was also the babysitting incident.

Melissa had let Emma watch IT because, according to Melissa, Emma had promised she « wouldn’t get scared. »

Emma slept between Ryan and me for four nights. She still deeply distrusted balloons.

So we kept looking.

Then one afternoon, Travis found me standing beside my car in our driveway, complaining to my mother on the phone about after-school care.

When I hung up, he was leaning against his fence.