I read it twice.

It aligned exactly with every instinct my own training had given me, and there is a specific relief in hearing a person you trust confirm the hard thing you already know you have to do.

I was not going to get to scream at my husband.

I was not going to get the satisfaction of watching his face when he understood.

I was going to have to smile at him for another day, and the smiling would be the price of doing it right.