Leaving the Man Who Chose His Ex

It was New Year's Eve, and I couldn't even afford the fifty-dollar copay for my daughter's medicine.

I stood at the hospital's billing window, holding my feverish little girl, feeling completely helpless.

I called my husband, only to receive a cold, indifferent response.

"Just go home and sleep it off. Spending money on medicine is a total waste," he said.

When I stepped out of the hospital, I ran into him and Lydia outside a five-star steakhouse. Lydia was his ex-girlfriend who had just mov