On Our Anniversary, My Husband Left Our Bed at 1:17 A.M. What I Heard Downstairs Changed Our Marriage Forever

You only needed to treat me honestly.”

Gertrude gripped the back of a chair.

“I’m an old woman.

You shouldn’t speak to me this way.”

“I’m speaking calmly.

I’m telling you why I can’t go on pretending.”

For a moment she seemed as though she might apologize.

Instead she said, “You’ll regret this when you’re alone.”