"How long have you known?"
Nathan stayed silent.
"The assignment was finalized almost three weeks ago," Mr. Bennett answered.
Three weeks.
For three weeks, my husband had known he would be leaving for months, and he hadn't mentioned it.
"Is there anything else I don't know?"
Mr. Bennett paused.
Then Susan answered.
"I'm going too."
I turned toward her.
Nathan quickly shook his head.
"Don't turn this into something it's not. Susan was assigned to the same project. I had nothing to do with it."
I looked at Mr. Bennett.
"Did Nathan already know Susan was going when he agreed to this?"
Nathan's face told me everything before anyone spoke.
"Yes," Mr. Bennett said quietly. "I honestly thought you'd discussed all of this already."
I wanted to lose my temper.
Instead, I forced a smile.
"Who wants dessert?"
For the rest of the night, I paid close attention to Nathan and Susan.
There was nothing obvious enough to accuse them of.
But I noticed small things.
Susan knew what Nathan wanted to drink before he said anything.
When he barely touched dessert, she laughed.
"Don't worry, Natalie. I'll make sure he eats properly in Seattle. Nathan forgets when he's stressed."
My husband invited his boss over for dinner without asking me — halfway through the meal, his boss looked at me and said, "Wait... you don't know yet
