I Spent Nearly Two Weeks Recovering From Surgery and My Husband Never Visited Once—Then I Came Home and Froze at the Front Door

I hated the question.

Because no.

If I chose to remain, I could not keep Gavin permanently sentenced inside every argument.

Accountability had to remain specific.

That did not mean forgetting.

It meant not weaponizing.

PART 35 — THE FIRST FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT

Two months later, I had a surgical follow-up.

Gavin asked:

“Do you want me there?”