“I wanted to surprise you. So you could finally see your daughters.”
And the woman next to him laughed and said: “Well. This is awkward, to put it mildly.”
And Corey said: “Don’t make a scene. We met on the ship and it just happened. You understand — I’m a young bloke, and being on your own for that many months isn’t realistic.”
And she did a face.
And then he explained to me that he could not be expected to stay with one woman, because that is men, and he said — proudly — that she was not the only one.
And I stood there with two babies in my arms while that man smiled at me.
And then something in me went very quiet, and I knew exactly what I was going to do.
“Do you know what, love. I understand. I really do.”
And I smiled at him.
“But there’s one thing you’ve forgotten. Look to your right.”
