A Week After Moving Into Our New House Something Unexpected Happened

the dining room with the remnants of dinner and the papers between us.

Daniel told me he had not thought I would ever do something like this.

I told him I had not thought I would need to.

He gave a faint, joyless smile and said we had both misjudged things.

An hour later he came downstairs with a suitcase. Linda followed with her bag. He said they would continue reading …