After the Third Betrayal, I Left

To give my son a complete family, I endured Gideon's three affairs.

After the school's Children's Day family performance ended, he finally came clean with me.

"While you were jumping around on stage in that mascot costume, I had her pinned against the curtain backstage."

"She's shy, so she held back her voice. Then you tripped and fell, and she finally let out a moan."

Following his reminiscent gaze, I looked across at the woman handing out candy to the children.

Her name was Lily, a student from a poor family I'd sponsored for four years until she became a preschool teacher.