The Perfect Wife Walked Away
I felt Adam's hand tighten around my wrist again — a reflex, involuntary, the grip of a man who was hearing something that confirmed a fear he hadn't yet articulated.
"What do you mean, you planned for the ninety-eight?" Adam asked.
Marie's expression didn't change. "I mean that while you were lying in this bed, unconscious, with machines breathing for you and a river's worth of damage in your lungs, your spine and your hands, I made decisions. Practical decisions. The kind that adults make when the person they're supposed to build a life with is no longer capable of participating in the conversation."
She reached into her coat pocket. Pulled out a document. Unfolded it with a single, precis