I Came Home Early and Found a Stranger Sleeping in My Bed—Then I Realized My Wife Had Staged the Entire Scene

The first year, I knew exactly how many months since the morning.

The second, roughly.

Then one year the anniversary passed and I did not notice until Nora mentioned it days later.

I felt guilty.

Then relieved.

Pain does not need constant remembrance to prove it mattered.

Evelyn built another life too.

Through Nora, I knew only broad things.