I Br0ke My Arm and Asked My Husband to Help with Our 5-Month-Old Twins, but He Said, ‘Moms Don’t Get Sick Days’ – So I Taught Him a Lesson He’d Never Forget

“I didn’t make you look like anything.”

“What am I supposed to tell my mother?”

“The truth.”

“And what exactly is that?”

“Tell her I broke my arm. Tell her I asked you to help me. Tell her you told me mothers don’t get sick days.”

Silence.

Then Derek said, “You’re humiliating me.”

That was when I understood completely.

“You weren’t embarrassed when you said those things.”

“What?”

“You weren’t embarrassed when I was begging you for help.”

“Hope.”

“You’re only embarrassed now because someone else might find out.”

My hand was shaking when I ended the call.

Mom noticed.

She didn’t ask what happened.

She simply reached toward Miles.

“Give him to me.”

“I can hold him.”

“I know.”

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