All Chapters of We’re Divorcing, Alpha (On Live TV): Chapter 41

"Elara," I manage to say, a few seconds later, since neither of them seems to notice my presence.I expect her to startle. To sit up quickly and look guilty— I don't know why I expect this exactly, but I expect it anyway.She doesn't do it.Instead, my wife turns her head toward me without moving anything else, she looks at me and sighs through her nose like I am a huge inconvenience. Then she turns her head again, looking up at the sky like I’m not here. "What are you doing, Elara?" I push, "Why are you soaking wet? What is going on?""We jumped in the lake, swam a little," she responds, voice calm, "And now we're drying off in the sun. It's not that complicated.”“But wh—““Can you leave?” She interrupts me, “You're fucking up the vibe. We’re connecting with nature and I know you’re not into that, so… leave."I do not leave. I do not move. I just stand here and look at my wife lying on another man's body while they’re supposedly ‘connecting with nature’ and my brain just goes comp