was the first to respond.
She folded her arms and gave me an impatient look.
“Tom, there’s no reason to make this situation unpleasant. We were only discussing sensible arrangements for the future.”
I stared at her.
“You consider locking my wife outside her own home a sensible arrangement?”
Ethan immediately stepped forward.
“Dad, Mom was overreacting. We tried explaining things, but she refused to listen.”
I looked at Linda.
She was standing quietly beside the kitchen table.
The same table where she had served thousands of family meals.
The
