I found a single hair on my pillow. Long, straight, pale blonde. My hair is dark brown, cut to just below my chin. I didn’t scream or cry. I just made a cup of coffee and sat at the kitchen table,…
I remember finding it attractive back then, his attention, his persistence. It felt like proof that our marriage still meant something, even after eleven years of drifting apart and drifting back together. I told myself that as I fell asleep on my side of the bed, careful not to cross the invisible line that had … Read more