I walked out before he could make another decision for me.
I reached the car and only then finally broke down crying.
Five minutes later, Arnold knocked on the window.
I rolled it down.
— Please, don’t explain my husband to me.
— I won’t. But don’t think he accepted the job only for the money.
— I don’t think that.
— He really believed he was fixing the situation.
— Then he should have talked to the person he was trying to fix everything for.
Arnold nodded.
— I completely agree with you on that.
Ben came home before Olive finished dinner.
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She looked at me first, then at him.
— Are you mad at each other?
— We’re upset — I answered. — But those are adult matters.
Ben nodded.
— Mom’s right.
Olive went back to her school project, and Ben barely touched his food.
When she went to bed, Ben followed me into the bedroom.
