A bus pulled out and turned south, and the patio shook under us.

“You said you can’t fight them.

Why not?”

“You’ve seen their lawyer.” She laughed once, with no air in it.

“You’ve been married to that man for ten years, and even you didn’t know.”

“Did he ever say my name?”

“He said it the way you say a bill that’s due.”

“He never once said it angry,” she said.