Michael insisted he had been protecting our family. He said that after discovering my affair, he had feared another pregnancy would destroy whatever remained of our marriage. He claimed he believed he was making the safest decision under terrible circumstances. I listened, trying to understand how someone who had once promised to love me could justify making such a choice without my knowledge.
Then I told him something I had needed to say for years. My affair had been a betrayal, and I would always take responsibility for hurting him. But it had never given him ownership of my body. It had never given him permission to decide whether I could have children. He had the right to leave our marriage, to be angry, and to refuse reconciliation. He did not have the right to make an irreversible medical decision for me.
During the confrontation, Jake arrived and heard enough to understand what was happening. He looked at me and reminded me that I still had the right to make decisions about my own body.
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