towels on the bathroom floor. She didn’t know you snore when you drink. She didn’t sit beside you while your father was in surgery. She didn’t know what you looked like when you were terrified we’d lose this house during the layoffs.” His eyes filled. “Claire.” I finished “She got the version of you that still had energy.” then “And I got what was left.”
He looked away. “I never meant for it to become this.” I answered, “But it did.”
“Yes.”
“Because you kept choosing it.” This time he
