At 2 A.M., a Hidden

everything, but for once, I understood that my instinct to fix was not enough. This was not a deal. This was not a negotiation. This was my wife’s pain, and I had missed it for weeks while living under the same roof.

So I said the only honest thing.

“I failed you.”

Ava shook her head immediately.

“No, Ethan, you didn’t know.”

“I didn’t ask enough.”

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