After a brief moment, he said softly, “I’m staying here with you. I’m not going anywhere!”

She smiled ever so faintly.

However, she didn’t expose his crappy lies. Instead, she went along with him and watched coldly as he tried and failed to act like a loyal husband and a good father.

She was no longer moved by his words.

She knew better than anyone that his promise was akin to Cinderella’s pair of glass slippers. Once the clock struck twelve, the magic would be lost and he would be returne