mattered.”
“The second mattered.”
“The dinners mattered. The lies mattered. The way you made me feel foolish for asking mattered. The fact that Jasmine knew your schedule better than I did mattered.”
“The fifth night was just when I stopped negotiating with myself.”
Aaron swallowed.
“I wish I had understood.”
“I wish you had wanted to.”
The final sentence put an end to the argument, though not to the meeting. For another twenty minutes we discussed the remaining documents, the house, and belongings still in storage. He’d found one of
