I Was Lifting Our Heavy Mattress to Search for an Earring I Had Dropped Behind the Bedframe – I Expected to Find Some Dust, but What Was Carefully Taped Beneath His Side of the Mattress Made Me Slowly Sit Down on the Uncovered Floor

a little when the mail landed on the counter.

He’d told our cleaning lady, gently but firmly, not to touch his side of the bed.

I should say something here.

“I organize it a certain way,” he said, smiling. “You know how I am.”

I didn’t, actually. But I’d nodded.

There were the monthly work trips, too. Always to the same small town. Always from Thursday continue reading …