“You will go home right now”
Of course she would.
Sylvia had been cleaning up Ethan's messes his whole life. She just hadn't realized this was one mess she couldn't hide with dinner.
And suddenly, I knew exactly where I was going to be tomorrow night.
If they wanted to pretend we were still one happy family, the least I could do was show up.
***
I left Nora safely with Daniel and my sister-in-law.
When I opened my front door, I barely recognized my own living room.
And suddenly, I knew exactly where I was going to be tomorrow night.
Sylvia had brought lamps from her house.
Throw pillows.
She'd hidden Ethan's game console and set the dining table with dishes I had never seen before.
It looked like somebody had rebuilt our marriage from memory.
All that was missing was the wife and baby they were planning to lie about.
