at him.
“You don’t need me to stay tonight. You need to decide whether avoiding conflict with your mother is worth having a marriage where your wife absorbs all of it.”
Then she walked out.
PART 4 – SIX WORDS
Before midnight, Richard sent twenty-three messages.
At first, he defended Margaret.
She shouldn’t have touched the thermostat, but all the legal talk scared her.
Then he minimized everything.
Are we really throwing away five years over an AC setting?
After midnight, his tone softened.
Come home. We’ll talk privately.
Mom can
