I Was Christmas Shopping With My Mother-in-Law When I Saw My Husband Holding Another Woman’s Hand—Then She Whispered, “Don’t React. Watch Me.”

That distinction became important later.

PART 7 — ELEANOR KNOCKS

She found me staring at the hotel charge.

“Have you decided what you’re doing?”

“No.”

“Good.”

I looked up.

“Good?”

“You have been awake all night.”

Fair.