At my wife’s birthday party, my son suddenly pointed at her boss and shouted, “Daddy, that’s the man with the caterpillars.”

here.”

He froze halfway out of his seat. “Excuse me?”

“I said sit down. We’re not finished.”

Around us, the guests had become statues.

My mother gripped her napkin.

Amber’s coworker, a young woman named Jenna, stared into her plate like it held the secrets of the universe.

I stared at Amber. “Were you crying because you regretted cheating on me?”

“We’re not continue reading …