Daddy, Mommy Never Left

I’m gone, yet my spirit lingers on. My five-year-old daughter Nina is the only link between my ex-husband Xavier and me. I left him without a second thought six years ago, and now I have to weave a desperate lie. Cold words and sharp questions pour out from the phone. He thinks I’m just playing another trick, never knowing this call is the last lifeline I’ve left for my little girl.