with another woman, then there is nothing here to save.”
“That’s not what I mean.”
“Then decide because it’s the right thing to do.”
“I already have.” He offered, “I’ll call her.” I stopped him: “I don’t want to hear it.”
“I thought maybe you’d want to know.”
“I don’t.”
The change in me surprised me. Only hours earlier I’d wanted to hear everything; now listening to him break off his relationship with Laura seemed unbearably intimate, as if he expected me to supervise a goodbye that belonged to the
