Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

The sun blazed overhead, its heat intense, while a gentle summer breeze played across the faces of two young children.

Briony wore a soft beige sundress and a floppy bucket hat, a protective mask covering the lower half of her face.

She took a few steps forward, crouched down, and opened her arms wide, ready to welcome her two children-

James, seeing this, set Little Nina gently on the ground.

Little Nina and her brother, Mario, charged towards Briony with all the speed their little legs could muster.

Standing beside Briony, Stewart watched the two bundles of energy barrel toward their mother. Worried they might knock her over, he stepped forward and intercepted them just in time.

The kids couldn't stop themselves and crashed right into Stewart, each grabbing onto one of his long legs.

"Whoa!"

"Ow!"

Both children looked up in surprise.

Stewart glanced down at them, his narrow eyes softening, a faint smile tugging at his lips.

been a while, Little

with both hands,

up at him,

a few seconds, Little Nina

"Daddy!"

she bounced on her toes, arms outstretched.

daughter into his arms, his

Little Nina squealed, planting a kiss on

at Mario, tousling his hair again. "Mario, didn't

hugging Stewart's leg, quiet

shock was much bigger than for his sister. To him, it was as if his dad had gone away to become a star in the sky, and now, suddenly, he was back-no longer a distant star, but right here

questions and feelings swirled in

nearby, noticed her

turned into a star. He's always been just fine. He's made enough money now, so every winter, he'll

this, Mario turned to look

his daughter, crouched down to meet his son's gaze. His eyes were full of

trembled. All the emotions