I Came Home Two Days Early and Found My Wife Sneaking Through the Servants’ Entrance—Then I Learned Who Had Taken Over Her House

“Are you leaving me?” I asked.

She looked at the ring.

“I don’t know.”

That answer frightened me more than anger would have.

“If you want me to leave the house, I will.”

“It is technically my house.”

“I know.”

For the first time, that fact made me smile slightly.