He Read His Mistress’s Love Letter at My Dinner Table. Then I Asked Him to Read the Bank Transfers.

meeting, a duty, or a debt that can never be repaid.”

“You make me brave enough to choose myself.”

“Whatever we lose, we will build something more beautiful together.”

“When I imagine home now, I do not see walls.”

“I see you.”

Daniel lowered the letter.

The silence afterward seemed almost ceremonial.

Lila looked at me, waiting for devastation.

She wanted continue reading …