to me.”
Greg gave me a guilty smile.
“I know.”
“You let me believe you were avoiding sleeping beside me.”
“I didn’t want you to think I was losing my mind.”
“I thought you were hiding something awful.”
He winced.
“That’s fair.”
I looked down at Susan.
“You were so afraid your sadness would bother me that you turned it into a secret that started hurting our marriage instead.”
Greg didn’t argue.
A tiny cry came from the box nearby.
He immediately started to stand.
I caught his wrist.
“Before