“You weren’t the only person who confused control with helping.”

I knew she wasn’t speaking only to him.

PART 12

The Winter We Nearly Lost

Business findings did not instantly repair our marriage.

That was the part I had underestimated.

I could withdraw papers, expose wrongdoing, and send flowers to my wife, but I could not buy back the hundreds of small moments when I had left her uncertain of my affection.

We began meeting with a marriage counselor named Dr.