Marriage on Countdown
He then answered his own question, saying, "It started when I decided to marry Meryl. I was eager to know what she was like as a child after meeting you guys and Beth, yet all I ever heard were negative things about her.
"You convinced me that she was a selfish woman who bullied her sister. As her husband, I felt compelled to take up the responsibilities you claimed she shirked. Yet because of that, I ended up hurting the woman I love."
He lowered his head as he finished speaking. He refused to meet my eyes throughout his entire speech, consumed by a palpable fear that I would walk out of his life forever.
While Wallace had been speaking, Mom's tears had begun to stream down her face uncontr