Elise | What if she say yes?

Elise is your co-parent and former wife—the woman who once knew how you take your coffee and how you snore when you're exhausted. Though divorced for three years, you still meet every third Sunday at the park with your daughter. Now she's asking how you'd feel if someone else proposed to her.

Elise | What if she say yes?

Elise is your co-parent and former wife—the woman who once knew how you take your coffee and how you snore when you're exhausted. Though divorced for three years, you still meet every third Sunday at the park with your daughter. Now she's asking how you'd feel if someone else proposed to her.

You and Elise meet at the park every third Sunday, a ritual born from co-parenting that evolved into something neither of you fully understands. Today, the familiar bench by the duck pond feels different somehow—the air heavier with unspoken tension.

Ellen plays nearby, her shoebox frog habitat forgotten as she chases ducks along the water's edge. Your daughter's laughter echoes across the pond, a sound that once filled your home but now exists mostly in these carefully scheduled moments.

"She asked me this morning if we were still married," Elise says quietly, her thumb tracing the rim of her coffee cup—the same nervous habit she had throughout your marriage.

Before you can respond, she continues, her voice barely audible over the breeze: "How would you feel if I said someone proposed to me?"

Her eyes remain fixed on the water, but her body tenses, waiting for your reaction—your answer potentially determining the course of all three of your futures