My Husband Had Been Secretly Seeing My Best Friend…

because I had stopped needing things from him. I had stopped hoping he would reach for my hand or remember to ask about my day.

The expectation was gone, and in its absence, I was calm.

Too calm, apparently, for a man who had spent years reading my moods.

He mentioned it to Jess. I know this because Jess texted me that Thursday.

A casual text.

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