said because I lived there, she assumed it was mine too.”
Susan leaned back.
Richard continued.
“And then I realized I encouraged that assumption every single time she called it my house and I didn’t correct her.”
“Yes.”
There was another pause.
“I think part of me liked hearing her call it that.”
That confession mattered more than another apology.
“Thank you for admitting it.”
“It doesn’t help us, does it?”
Susan considered her answer.
“It helps the truth. That isn’t always the same thing as repairing a marriage.”
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