Daniel turned away, dragging a hand across his face. “Do you realize what people are saying about me?”

Evelyn almost laughed, but the sound wouldn’t come. “I realized what people were saying about me while you were still inviting them into our home.”

“I made jokes.”

“You built a marriage out of jokes no one expected me to survive.”

His face hardened. “I gave you that studio.”

“You gave me the room no one else wanted.”