Days turn into weeks, and even though I keep telling myself I’ll find Giselle and my babies soon, the weight of my guilt eats away at me. Every night, I lie awake, terrified I’ve lost them forever. That Giselle will never even let me speak to her again. And honestly… I don’t deserve a second chance—not after everything I said and the way I treated her. But still, with that agonizing hope burning in my chest, I wait.

“Any news on my ex-wife’s whereabouts?” I ask the moment I pick ...