A man returns home after two years abroad — but upon witnessing how his wife treats their daughter, he takes a shocking action that changes everything

strict but fair. She told him about a friend named Katya who had moved away last spring and whose absence she had not fully recovered from. She told him about a project on the solar system that she had done and that had received a grade she was proud of.

He listened to all of it.

Then she said, without looking at him, still looking at the middle distance:continue reading …