The Wife Between Us

infuse it with parsley. It gets rid of the natural inflammation in the body.”

recognized marriage didn’t guarantee a storybook ending, the happily ever after stretching past the final page, the words echoing into infinity. But wasn’t this most intimate relationship supposed to be a safe place, where another person knew your secrets and faults and loved you anyway?

My life was on hold. I felt suspended between my past and my future.

The compassion would be erased from her expression if she knew of my role in our demise.