I know. But next time you tell us.
↓
I nodded.
↓
After a while, I also told him about his last visit to the medical office with Robert. I haven’t hidden anything.
↓
The kids were surprised, but no one judged me.
↓
That night, after they all left, I stayed in the living room, looking at my husband’s photo.
↓
For twelve years I had kept that secret as a duty to him.
↓
Now I understood that I had no reason to be ashamed.
↓
Robert had been a man I loved, but he had also had desires that I did not share. I could remember him fondly without hiding the difficult things in our marriage.
↓
I put the photo back on the shelf and went to prepare my tea.
