We can rent a place together for a while if she prefers.

We don’t need to decide tonight.”

There was no speech about what a real husband should do.

There were practical questions about space, recovery appointments, meals and how to make sure Jenna could sleep while someone else helped care for Wesley.

“Please don’t treat her like a problem to solve,” Ruth told me gently.

“Ask what she needs.

She has had enough people deciding for her.”

It was a lesson I recognized because I’d already been trying to learn it.