11

Sometimes, I can't help but wonder why people are so afraid to admit their shortcomings.

I chuckled and shook my head, replying with a question of my own, "Are you willing to break up with Melvin?"

Linda wiped her face and calmly responded, "My involvement with him was just a fleeting attraction, you know."

After a brief pause, she added, "Melvin really reminds me of the old you, the one who used to rely on me for everything."

"But, Lewis, I've never thought about leaving you."

I ignored the first part of her statement, but I believed the latter.

After all, no one could fulfill the role of the son-in-law in the Chancers family better than me.

But what did it matter?

I didn't marry her out of love.

"Don't dwell on it," I said with a blank expression, looking at her. "Let's just sign the papers and part ways amicably. That's the best conclusion for us."

Linda's voice grew hoarse as she shouted at me, "Fourteen years, and you're willing to disregard our history like this? Lewis, don't for