He had never been dead.
He was alive.
And he had just walked back into our lives.
Laura had known.
She had known for years.
And she had never told me.
That was the reason I said no.
Not because I didn’t love Tomás.
Not because I didn’t care whether he lived.
But because, in that moment, I felt as if my entire marriage had been built on a lie.
Laura looked at me through her tears.
“You’re a monster.”
Then she turned and ran out of the room.
