“I used to think she let me because she didn’t care how the cake looked.

She cared because I made the stars.”

He stood, walked to the window, and paused there.

“Brittany couldn’t even say thank you.”

I didn’t urge him to end his marriage.

After my spectacle at the reception, I had no wish to turn his grief into another performance.

I suggested he take a week, speak with someone neutral, and decide which questions he needed answered.

“You think a counselor can fix this?” he asked.