you realize that person has been treating you like part of the furniture.
Meanwhile, Mike had gone back to Kate.
They were talking quietly.
At one point, Kate said something, and Mike replied:
“Tomorrow, I’ll finish everything for good.”
I knew immediately he was talking about our marriage.
He had probably made his decision long ago.
Apparently, I was just the last person he had bothered to tell.
Then John picked up the microphone.
“Before we continue with the evening, I’d like to talk about some upcoming changes in the
I stayed.
I don’t know whether it was curiosity, anger, or simply because my legs were shaking so badly that I wasn’t sure I could make it to my car.
I sat down in the farthest corner of the room.
My wedding ring was still on my finger.
I stared at it and thought about how strange life could be.
