“I think I do.”
After she left, I faced him.
“Eight months, Everett? Really?”
He sat down heavily.
“I never meant for this to happen.”
“You proposed to another woman. That doesn’t happen accidentally.”
“Nina and I started talking again. One thing led to another.”
“And you forgot to tell your wife?”
“I haven’t been happy for a while.”
The words stunned me.
Not because they were impossible, but because he’d never said them before.
“Since when?”
“I don’t know.”
“Was it before or after you convinced me to turn down that job?”
He looked away.
“That had nothing to do with Nina.”
“What about the kitchen? Did you know you wanted to leave when you asked me to spend my savings?”
“I wasn’t sure what I wanted.”
“So you let me keep investing in our marriage while you figured it out.”
“Rosalie, I didn’t want to hurt you.”
