My Mother-in-Law Left a Blue Notebook in Our Hallway Closet—After My Son Was Born, I Finally Learned What She Had Been Recording Inside It

Methodical.

The kind of man who sharpened pencils before putting them away.

When I told him what Eleanor had been asking, he rotated his wedding band.

“She’s anxious.”

“She asked Mrs. Gable about David.”

“She asks everyone inappropriate things.”

“That doesn’t bother you?”

“It bothers me.”