MY MOTHER-IN-LAW DESTROYED MY 3-YEAR-OLD’S BIRTHDAY CAKE BECAUSE SHE WANTED A GRANDSON—THEN MY HUSBAND SHOWED ME WHOSE SIDE HE WAS REALLY ON.
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Chapter 14 - EMMA'S FOURTH BIRTHDAY
One year later, Emma turned four.
Small party.
Rachel’s house.
Blue dress again.
Emma chose it.
New cake.
Pink.
Three candles would have been wrong now.
Four.
Rachel placed the cake on the table.
Emma looked at it.
Then asked:
“Grandma Diane isn’t coming?”
“No.”
“Because she broke my other cake?”
“Because she is still learning how to be safe around you.”
Emma thought about that.
Then nodded.
Mark attended.
Alone.
He brought a gift.
A child-sized gardening set.
Not because Emma had to become a farmer.
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Because she liked digging in Rachel’s flower bed.
That distinction mattered.
