"Please consider divorcing Professor Bates, Maddie," Morgan said.I didn't answer."I mean it," he said earnestly. "If this marriage can't make you happy, then why hold onto it? Why keep suffering?"He got out of the car, opened the door for me like a gentleman, and walked me to the front door. At last, he said, "Have a good night, Maddie."I watched him leave as his shadow stretched longer and longer beneath the streetlight.Then I turned around and opened the door.A heavy stench of alcohol hit me immediately. The living room was dark, but I could make out the silhouette of a man.Xavier was still wearing the clothes he had on earlier that day, but his collar was already unbuttoned, and his tie was gone.Empty beer bottles littered the coffee table and the floor. The moment he saw me, he lurched to his feet, only to nearly collapse back onto the couch.He had drunk a lot. That was ironic, considering what he had once told me. He used to say alcohol impaired a person's judgme
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