At My Daughter’s Wedding, My Husband Gave His Mistress My Seat and Told Me to Sit in the Back—Then the Groom’s Father Walked Past Him and Said, “Laura, I’ve Finally Found You”
Because children absorb marriages even when parents think they are hiding them.
Penelope had noticed.
The comments.
My silence.
The sewing machine disappearing.
The way I ate dinner standing because Gertrude needed something.
The way Tristan spoke over me.
Children learn relationship patterns from what adults normalize.
