My breath hitched at the question.It was as if all the oxygen in the car had been sucked out, leaving me hot.

“I-I thought we've talked about this. Your father is in space, Space Force.”

“But why doesn’t he ever visit us?” Damian asked.

My hands trembled slightly as I sipped my drink. I’d known this day would come, when the kids would question the story I told them about their father.

But I didn’t keep the truth from them because I wanted to hurt them. I only wanted to shield them ...