Ben knew only that we were having adult problems.
We did not tell our nine-year-old his father had taken a fake mother to a Halloween party.
Some details belong to adults until children are old enough to process them.
Melissa stopped working with Daniel's team.
Her decision.
Rachel apologized to me twice more until I finally told her, "You have nothing to apologize for."
She had been the only person in the entire situation who told me the truth without being asked.
Two months have passed.
Daniel and I are still married.
That surprises some people.
Sometimes it surprises me. I'm not over it.
I don't know whether "over it" is even the goal.
What changed is that Daniel stopped treating his behavior as one ridiculous Halloween mistake.
It wasn't.
The party was the final step in four months of lying.
He had lied about my career.
