the change almost immediately.
I stopped automatically agreeing whenever he suggested something. I began asking him to handle tasks he had always assumed I would manage.
When he asked where his clean shirts were, I told him which cupboard contained the laundry.
When he complained that he couldn’t find a document, I asked whether he had checked his office.
He stared at me as though I had started speaking another language.
“What’s gotten into you?” he asked one evening.
“Nothing.”
“You’ve been acting strangely.”
“I’ve been thinking.”
“About what?”
“My
