I’m not disrupting Olive’s school year.”
His head snapped up. “What?”
“I’m not saying never. I’m saying you made this decision alone, so right now, I’m making my own.”
Then I walked out before he could make another decision for me.
Arnold Gives Me Another Perspective
I made it to my car before the tears came.
Five minutes later, Arnold tapped on the window. I lowered it.
“Please don’t explain my husband to me.”
“I won’t. But don’t assume he took that job just because it paid more.”
“I didn’t.”
“He thought he was fixing something.”
“Then he should have talked to the person he was fixing it for.”
Arnold nodded. “On that, I’m with you.”
The Conversation at Home
Ben came home before Olive finished dinner.
She looked between us. “Are you guys mad at each other?”
“We’re upset,” I said. “But it’s grown-up stuff.”
Ben nodded. “Your mom’s
