And the dates.
Six months.
He smiled like everything was normal.
The affair had started before Clara’s health crashed. Before the transplant. Before I lay in a hospital bed while my husband kissed my forehead and my sister called me her hero.
I sat down on the kitchen floor because my legs stopped working.
I kept scrolling.
When Evan came home that night, I was on the couch with a blanket over my lap, pretending to watch television.
He smiled like everything was normal.
He leaned down and kissed my head. I kept my face still.
“How are you feeling?” he asked.
“Sore,” I said.
He leaned down and kissed my head. I kept my face still.
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