My husband forced our 18-year-old son out of the house—one year later, he returned holding a newborn and carrying a suitcase that made my heart stop.

said after a pause. “Where is Richard tonight?”

“A work dinner.”

“Another one?”

I didn’t answer. I’d stopped counting the work dinners, the long calls Richard took in the study with the door closed, the way his phone flipped face down on every counter, and the receipts I found in his coat pockets for restaurants we’d never been to together.

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