My Husband Came Home at 10 A.M. After Spending the Night Away—For the First Time in 23 Years, I Didn’t Ask Where He’d Been. By Monday, He Realized He Had Lost More Than His Wife’s Trust.

peace and the truth. If I asked, we argued. If I didn’t ask, I worried. Eventually, I became exhausted.”

The therapist nodded.

“What changed recently?”

I looked at Daniel.

“I stopped believing that asking the right question would produce the right answer.”

Daniel lowered his eyes.

The therapist allowed the silence to continue for several seconds.

Then she asked him, “What did you expect Claire to do when you came home that Sunday?”

He swallowed.

“I expected her to ask where I had been.”

“And why?”

“Because that’s what she