My husband after 50 years of marriage

sadder than I felt.

“You should have thought of that before you traded me in for her.”

At the door, he patted his pockets, searching.

“Your blood pressure pills, Walter,” I said.

“I don’t want you struggling, hon.”

He turned.

“They’re on the counter.”

For a second, shame crossed his face. Then he tucked the bottle into his pocket and left.

I waited until Marcy’s car pulled away before I took the bank card and put it in the cookie tin above the stove.

Then I washed my teacup by