this?”
“I’m asking.”
“No, Aaron. I didn’t need your money.”
“Then why did you let me pay for everything?”
“Because you wanted to.”
“You never stopped me.”
“Why would I?”
“Because apparently you could have.”
“Yes.”
I drew a breath.
“But I thought we were married. I didn’t realize every dinner bill was supposed to prove something.”
“That’s not what I mean.”
“I know exactly what you mean.”
The air conditioning was almost audible in the silence.
“You want to believe there was an imbalance between us because that explains
