I Spent Nearly Two Weeks Recovering From Surgery and My Husband Never Visited Once—Then I Came Home and Froze at the Front Door
That was useful context.
Not romantic.
Gavin had not been heroically tireless.
He had been avoiding sleep and emotion through work.
The contractor had noticed.
PART 41 — EXHAUSTION IS NOT DEVOTION
That became another correction.
At first, seeing Gavin’s cracked hands and paint-covered clothes made me think:
He loved me so much he worked himself nearly sick.
No.
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