the conflict to you because I trusted you to absorb it quietly.
Susan read on.
You were right. I chose a side long before I admitted I was choosing one. I hope I never do that to another person again.
Susan expected to feel satisfaction.
Instead, she felt relief.
She typed a short response.
I hope you don’t either.
Then she placed her phone facedown.
For years, Susan had believed being a good wife meant maintaining harmony in her marriage.
But harmony that requires one person to surrender comfort, privacy,
