The Morning After Our Wedding, I Found a Tiny Key and a Secret Note in My Husband’s Tuxedo—Then I Read the Words, “She Can Never Know Until the Right Moment”

“I’m sorry.”

“I know.”

He touched my hand.

“We have time to get better at this.”

That was more comforting than:

Everything is fine.

PART 35 — COSTA RICA

We reached San José late.

Then drove to the coast the next morning.

Warm air.