My Son-In-Law Said His Parents Would Be Staying At My Lake House, So I Let The Property Cameras Keep The Record Straight

call me or did you decide to on your own?”

A pause.

“That’s not fair.”

“I know, honey,” I said. “I love you, but that’s not an answer.”

She hung up. I sat on the dock until dark, listening to the loons and thinking about my daughter.

About how long it had been since I had heard her laugh the way she used to—full-bodied and surprised by her own joy. Marriage continue reading …