It was a cold December afternoon when I saw him, standing outside the grocery store with his wife and two kids. My heart dropped. They looked like a happy family, yet I felt like an intruder in their life. I could hear her laugh, the kind that used to fill my chest with warmth. Then, I spotted him bending down, and with that familiar grin, he smiled at his boy. “He’s got my smile,” I whispered, my breath hitching in my throat.
I couldn’t move. My feet felt glued to the cracked pavement. I knew I should have just turned…