part 2
Daniel came upstairs the next morning and said the same thing guilty people often say when they are trying to control the damage: “I know yesterday looked bad.” He explained that Vanessa was an old friend going through a difficult time after her divorce and that her son was struggling. He insisted she had reached out because she needed help, not because there was anything romantic between them. Then he told me Vanessa knew our marriage had been “having problems.” That was when I stopped listening only to
