Soon his sister arrived with her husband and their two boys, and then cousin Robert showed up with a woman no one had mentioned. The planned nine had become eleven.

I quietly added two more place settings.

Around noon, Eleanor stood in the kitchen doorway while I basted the turkey. “My son is very lucky,” she announced. “Claire can do everything.” Daniel glanced at his phone and smiled.

Not at me. At the screen.

An hour later, he walked into the kitchen and said he wanted a divorce.

I wasn’t completely shocked. But expecting something doesn’t make it hurt less. “I’ve met someone better suited to the life I want,” he said.