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A man ridicules his unemployed wife, only to come home one day to find her gone. In her search, he discovers a note revealing she intends to divorce him. Can he stop her from doing so and save their marriage? It was a bright, cold October morning, and Harry was excited about his gaming app presentation, a project he had poured himself into for the past six months, As the clock struck eight, Harry entered the dining room, preoccupied with his phone, barely acknowledging his wife, Sara, and their sons, Cody and Sonny. \u201cMorning, honey,\u201d greeted Sara. \u201cGood morning, Daddy,\u201d the boys chimed in unison. Ignoring them, Harry grabbed a toast and rushed back to his room. \u201cSara, where\u2019s my white shirt?\u201d Harry\u2019s voice boomed from the room. \u201cIt\u2019s in the wash with the other whites,\u201d Sara replied. Harry stormed into the dining room. \u201cThat\u2019s my lucky shirt! I needed it for today!\u201d \u201cI didn\u2019t have, She revealed she had been in therapy and now wanted custody. \u201cCustody?? How dare you? After you left us?\u201d Harry fumed. \u201cHarry, I\u2019m their mother. I have rights,\u201d Sara insisted. You abandoned them, and now you want to take them away? They\u2019re used to me now,\u201d Harry argued. Sara was determined.<\/p>\n
\u201cI deserve to have them back. I\u2019ll see you in court.\u201d Days later, Harry, now adept at managing household chores and balancing a new freelance gig, prepared breakfast for his sons. \u201cDaddy loves you,\u201d he kissed them goodbye and dropped them at school before heading to the custody trial. \u201cMr. Wills, can you please tell us about your attention to your family while you lived together with my lient, Miss Sara?\u201d Sara\u2019s lawyer asked Harry. \u201cWell, I did my best to provide for my family. I worked long hours. Overtime sometimes. I kept myself busy because I wanted to make sure they had everything they needed,\u201d Harry said. \u201cThat\u2019s what most responsible family guys do, right?! And what about your wife\u2019s ambitions? Did she want to build her own career?\u201d \u201cBefore we had our kids\u2026Yes, she did want to work. But after that, she stayed home to look after the kids and the household.\u201d \u201cWell, looking after the kids\u2026the family\u2026cooking, cleaning. So basically, your wife has been your cook. Your children\u2019s nanny. Your wellwisher. And did you insult her, saying she did nothing at home?\u201d I did. Yes, it was an outburst. I was late for office and\u2014\u201d \u201cMr. Wills, were you fired from your job? Why were you fired exactly?\u201d Objection, Your Honor. This is utterly irrelevant and immaterial to the case,\u201d Harry\u2019s lawyer rose. \u201cObjection overruled.\u201d \u201cThank you, Your Honor!\u201d added Sara\u2019s lawyer. \u201cMr. Wills, why were you fired from your job?\u201d After a momentous pause, Harry looked into Sara\u2019s teary eyes and opened up. \u201cBecause I couldn\u2019t balance my work and parental duties. I tried, but it was too much. But I didn\u2019t give up. I would never give up on my kids. I love them.\u201d \u201cMr. Wills, how are you managing now? How do you intend to support your kids\u2026without a job?\u201d \u201cI have a job. I can support them well.\u201d \u201cBe specific, Mr. Wills. What job and what\u2019s the salary?\u201d \u201cIt\u2026It\u2019s a part-time freelance gig. I\u2019m a video editor.\u201d \u201cMr. Wills, I admire your confidence despite your climbing down the career ladder! I\u2019m sure you make nothing much like you used to in your previous job, right?\u201d the lawyer added ironically. \u201cA freelance job. Low salary. And raising two kids in today\u2019s recession. Well\u2026That\u2019s all, Your Honor.\u201d Sara was then called up to the box as Harry\u2019s heart started pounding. \u201cMs. Sara, can you please tell us about your life with your husband\u2026I mean, soon-to-be ex-husband?\u201d Harry\u2019s lawyer asked. \u201cDid he ever refuse to give you money or care for you in any way?\u201d \u201cNo\u2026Not at all. He was always generous with our finances. We never had any issues with money.\u201d \u201cDid Mr. Wills ever raise his hands on you or the kids? Has he ever come home drunk and misbehaved at home?\u201d \u201cNo, he never laid a hand on us. My husband. Sorry. Mr. Wills has never come home drunk.\u201d \u201cYour husband has taken care of you. You even agreed on that. He\u2019s never laid his hands on you. Then why did you leave him and the kids?\u201d \u201cI had a nervous breakdown. He was always busy. He would come home and sit with his laptop, barely asking me if I was sick\u2026happy\u2026or sad. I tried to cope. But I couldn\u2019t do it anymore and left. I didn\u2019t want my kids to struggle with me as I wasn\u2019t emotionally stable at that time.\u201d Harry slowly started to break on the inside, and those words hit him like a bag of bricks. Ms. Sara, where were you these six months? What were you doing, and how will you care for the kids?\u201d \u201cI was in Chicago at a friend\u2019s place. I wanted to be away from everything and everyone for a while. Then I moved back to Boston\u2026got a job as an interior designer.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s the guarantee you won\u2019t have another breakdown and won\u2019t abandon the kids again?\u201d the lawyer broke Sara\u2019s silence. \u201cObjection, Your Honor. This is baseless and\u2026.\u201d Sara\u2019s lawyer chimed in. \u201cMy client, Ms. Sara, has come for the children\u2019s custody. Why would she leave them again?\u201d \u201cOrder\u2026Order.\u201d \u201cI won\u2019t do it ever again. My children are my world. I\u2019ll be there for them and never let anything like that happen again.\u201d And two hours later, the verdict was announced, and Sara was granted custody of the kids. \u201c\u2026.Mr. Wills, you\u2019ll have the right to visit your children and take them with you two days a week. You\u2019re required to pay $860 as support to your children every month. This case is now closed.\u201d Soon, the day arrived when the kids would go with Sara. She arrived, sad to separate the kids from their father but happy to have them back. As she was leaving with her two sons, her elder one stopped her. \u201cYou\u2019re just tearing us apart,\u201d spoke Cody as he let go of Sara\u2019s hand and bolted to Harry. \u201cWe want both Mommy and Daddy!\u201d added Sonny. This was it. Sara could no longer hold herself back. She bolted in their direction and hugged them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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