Three years after the divorce, my ex-husband called one early dawn, his voice shaking with regret. He apologized for all the things I had wanted an apology for three years ago. He said he wanted to come back into the kids’ lives. “I’m a better man now because of what life has shown me,” he told me, his voice shaking.

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I listened to him like I was dreaming. All I asked was, “What did you see that you’re calling me this early morning with an apology?” He answered, “It’s not about what I saw but what life has shown me.”

We were married for six years with two kids. Within those six years, he cheated three times—those are the ones I had evidence of. I forgave him even when he didn’t say sorry. After all this, I wasn’t the one who called for a divorce ooo. He did. Because I threatened to call Dora and warn her to stay away from our marriage. This lady was like a family friend we both knew.

I said I was going to warn her, but I didn’t. After warning me to stay away from his issues, he woke up one day and told me our marriage hadn’t been working, that he could see I wasn’t happy and he wasn’t happy too, so we should let things go.

I didn’t fight it. I had no energy left in me to do back and forth with him. He was the one who left the house and left me and the two kids. Once the divorce was granted, I never heard from him again. Everything he promised to give—the child support and care—nothing ever came from him.

The last time I heard about him was when someone asked if I knew my ex-husband had a child with Dora. When I did the maths, Dora was pregnant when we were going through the divorce.

On the phone that early morning, I told him I had forgiven him long ago and that the kids were always there to welcome him. He sighed heavily and dropped the call. I was so relieved it turned to tears. I wasn’t crying because of him. I was crying because I had been vindicated. All the lies and pains. Hmmm.

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Anyway, I’m happy the kids will have their father back. He said he’s a better man now. Only time and tests will prove that. I pray he does better for his kids and takes some of the burden off me. That’s all I want. We’ll leave the rest to God. He knows what He does, and He’s never wrong.

—Sika

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