I Went to Surprise My Husband at Work—His Colleague Looked at Me With Tears and Asked, “He Hasn’t Told You Anything, Has He?”

Taking unpaid consultations when policy permitted.

Occasionally covering transportation or lodging personally.

Good actions.

Unsustainable actions.

Actions he kept secret from me.

All three descriptions could coexist.

I asked the question I had avoided.

“How much?”

He looked down.