what?”
“Become someone else when you’re angry.”
The accusation was almost comically backward. Looking through the windows at the sea after dark, I answered.
“No, Aaron.”
“I think I became someone else while I was married to you.”
“I became quieter. More careful. Easier.”
“You make it sound like I controlled you.”
“You didn’t have to.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means I loved you enough to keep adjusting, and you loved me enough to enjoy the result.”
I heard his breathing shift.
“I did love you.”
Past tense. One
