you could control everything.”
I allowed the words to settle before continuing.
“But choices still have consequences even when the person making them is confused.”
He stared down at the tabletop.
“I keep thinking if I hadn’t stayed out that fifth night…”
“You think we’d still be married?”
“Maybe.”
“No.”
He recoiled at my immediate answer.
“The fifth night didn’t cause this.”
“Then why that night?”
“Because something in me finally caught up with what had already happened.”
I leaned closer, making sure he heard every word.
“The first night
