The resentment doesn't go away just because you signed the papers
You thought the divorce would create distance. Instead it created a schedule. Every Thursday pickup, every WhatsApp message about school fees, every time he shows up looking unbothered while you've been holding everything together, the resentment doesn't soften. It compounds. And somewhere in the middle of it, your child is watching you read a text from him and learning what it looks like when love turns into something else.
