At My Wedding to a Man 40 Years Older Than Me, an Old Woman Warned Me to Check His Desk Drawer — Before It Was Too Late

Ava was four months old. He had not left dramatically. He had not left with a confrontation or a revelation or any of the narrative structures that might have made it easier to understand and therefore easier to grieve. He had simply become, over the course of several months, less present — fewer nights at home, less engagement, a quality of absence continue reading …