While Cleaning My Husband’s Car, I Accidenta…

a storm.

Daniel became watchful.

Not paranoid. Not yet.

But attentive in a new way.

He started coming home at more consistent hours. He made a visible effort to be present at dinner. He asked about my day with a specificity he hadn’t used in years.

I believe he sensed something without knowing what.

Perhaps it was the absence of the small complaints I usually continue reading …