He Wanted to Erase Our Marriage at Dinner

walking too fast with salads in paper bags. The whole city looks like it’s being watched by someone richer than you.

Nadeem put my suitcase in the trunk and asked, “Penn Station?”

“Yes.”

He nodded, turned up the heat when he saw me shiver, and did not speak again except to ask if I wanted the window cracked.

Bless him.

Once we hit Lexington and the light continue reading …