Truth Reveals All
"I want to spend it with just the two of us, of course!" Maya looked at me with such an expectant look that I wondered if something had gone wrong with the truth serum. After all, in the three years we had been married, I had never doubted her love.
I studied her eyes, then tested her by resting my hand on her in a way she could not mistake for anything else.
Maya did not pull away.
Then I turned, opened the nightstand drawer, and took out the unopened box of condoms from inside.