MY HUSBAND SAID HE WAS TIRED OF “SUPPORTING” ME… SO I LABELED EVERYTHING I PAID FOR

days.

Eleven.

That was how long it took for reality to do what I had been trying to do for years.

Teach him arithmetic.

The call came on a Wednesday evening while I was eating takeout Thai food on my balcony.

My phone lit up.

DAVID.

I almost ignored it.

Almost.

“Hello?”

Silence.

Then:

“Do you know how much apartments cost?”

I stared at the sunset.

“Yes.”

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