He sent me a list of apologies he wants.”

Naomi put the soup on the stove.

“I thought so.”

She showed me a message from Lucas sent to a group of mutual friends.

In it he described me as emotionally unstable after childbirth and implied I was neglecting my marriage.

He said nothing about the emergency C-section, the first twenty-seven minutes home, or the written chores Agnes had posted on the refrigerator.

I asked Naomi to forward the message.