When my husband h:it me, my parents saw the b:ruise — said nothing, and walked away. He smirked from his chair, beer in hand: “Polite little family you’ve got.”

through me so fast it ached.

Then my mother looked down.

“Come on, Henry,” she murmured to my father. “This is between a husband and wife.”

My husband, Grant, lounged deeper into his leather chair with a beer resting against his knee. Blue light from the television flickered across his face, turning his smirk into something carved from winter ice.

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