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A Wool Sweater Showed Me His Affair Chapter 10
Darlene's POVI learned what happened afterward bit by bit from Lena, though I also came to know some of it on my own.Bernard took two weeks of leave. But he didn't go anywhere. Instead, he just stayed at home.People in his department said that when he came back to work, he was like a different person.Before, he was the kind of man who would stand up in a meeting room and lay out a proposal with clarity and conviction. Now, he still laid things out, but sometimes he would pause mid-sentence, as if his mind had wandered somewhere else, then quickly pick back up again.He didn't make any mistakes, but something was off about him.Tammy went to see him.I didn't know what she said, nor did I know how Bernard responded. But in the end, she was transferred out of the project team. It wasn't a termination, but a lateral move to another department, one that put her farther away from him.After that, the tone of the messages she sent me began to change. Instead of warmth and conce
A Wool Sweater Showed Me His Affair Chapter 9
Darlene's POVOn the day the divorce procedures were finalized, Lena went with me to the courthouse.The clerk at the window pushed the two documents across the counter, her tone perfectly ordinary."Each of you keep one. Next."After tucking that thin piece of paper into my bag, I stood up and walked out of the hall with Lena.Outside, it was an ordinary workday morning with not many people around. An elderly person was pushing a stroller, and a delivery guy was biking past. Everything was perfectly normal."Do you want to grab a bite?" "Sure.""What do you feel like eating?"I thought for a moment. "Buffalo wings."She laughed. "Alright. I know a place that makes really spicy buffalo wings."Lena's assistant, Alison Holt, took over the rest of the paperwork with Bernard. He cooperated fully the whole way through. He didn't drag his feet, nor did he reach out to me again.Only once, Alison told me that when Bernard was confirming the final document, he had paused over it
A Wool Sweater Showed Me His Affair Chapter 8
Darlene's POVBernard didn't sign the divorce agreement on the spot, but I didn't push him either.I left the file folder on the table and paid for the coffee. Then, I said, "Let me know once you've thought it over," and walked away.I didn't hear him call after me. Or perhaps he did, but I didn't look back.During this time, Tammy fell into a state I hadn't anticipated.She started seeking Bernard out constantly—not for work-related matters, but for all kinds of reasons.She needed advice on a proposal, ordered takeout while working late and grabbed a portion for him, said she didn't have an umbrella on a rainy day and asked if he could give her a ride.However, Bernard turned her down every single time.I found out about it through Lena's messages and later pieced it together from the ones Tammy had sent me.She had been messaging me more and more frequently. At first it was out of concern, but later it turned into probing."Mrs. Hoffman, what's the situation between you an
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Darlene's POVOn the third day of Bernard's leave, Tammy showed up at the apartment.She told me about it herself later, in a very long WhatsApp message.Although I didn't read it closely, I got the gist of what had happened.She said she had gone to check on Bernard because he looked haggard, and it wasn't good for him to be alone at home. So, she thought she would help out.At the end, she asked me, "Mrs. Hoffman, are you two really getting divorced?"After reading the message, I put my phone down and went to pour myself a glass of water.Only after I'd finished drinking did I reply, "Tammy, you don't need to call me Mrs. Hoffman anymore."It was a long time before she responded, "I understand."Lena later told me what had happened over those few days.Bernard had gone back to the office, but he wasn't himself. He spaced out during meetings, revised proposals over and over, and scrapped two already-completed drafts in a row.People in his department whispered that he had b
A Wool Sweater Showed Me His Affair Chapter 6
Darlene's POVI didn't delete the scheduled message Bernard sent me. It wasn't because I couldn't bear to part with it, but because I was saving it for later.Bernard came by for the first time on the third day after I left.When the doorbell rang at Lena's place, I was in the guest room folding clothes.She went to answer it.From inside, I heard Bernard asking, "Lena, is Darlene here?""I can't say.""I just want to say a few words to her.""She doesn't want to see you."There was a brief silence."Can we just not go down the divorce route right away? I—"Lena cut him off calmly. "Bernard, what exactly did you come here to explain today?"He didn't answer right away."Did you come to explain why you didn't go to the play that day? Or why you didn't pick up when Darlene called you on your anniversary? Or how you spent the whole afternoon helping Tammy negotiate with her landlord, and then thought picking up some takeout was apology enough?" Lena asked.There was a longer
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Darlene's POVAt 11:00 pm, I was sitting in Lena's living room, holding a cup of hot tea.She didn't ask too many questions. Instead, she just led me in and made up the bed in the guest room for me before taking a seat across from me."Did you leave the divorce agreement for Bernard?""Yup.""He should have seen it when he got back.""Yeah."She looked at me for a while. She didn't say "You need to think this through" or "Maybe you should wait a little longer".All she did was nudge the teacup a little closer to me."Get some sleep."I nodded.My phone buzzed three times in my bag.The first and second times were calls from Bernard.The third was a WhatsApp message, asking, "Where are you?"I only took a glance, then locked the screen and flipped the phone face down on the coffee table.Lena gave me the side-eye but didn't say anything.Outside the window, the wind rustled the trees along the roadside, making a soft rushing sound.I leaned back against the sofa and tho
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