He sat down heavily on the edge of the bed.
“I was going to tell you when I knew it was real.”
“It Became Real When You Applied”
He didn’t have anything for that.
“I thought you’d shut it down.”
“And you were so afraid of hearing me say no that you removed my ability to say anything at all.”
He put his face in his hands for a second.
“What do you want me to do?”
“Tonight, Sleep in the Guest Room”
His head came up.
“I’m not punishing you. I need space and I’m not going to get it lying six inches from you.”
He nodded. He didn’t argue, which surprised me.
Then I Told Him What Tomorrow Was
I held up the folder.
“Tomorrow I’m going to look at what this move actually costs me. My clients. My vendor relationships. Olive’s school. Your mother twenty minutes away. My sister. Everything that holds our life up.”
