The Girl Who Never Left
It was not until after I married Bennett that I found out he had a clingy little childhood friend who loved to play the victim.
On the very first day of our marriage, at dinner, I simply asked Bennett to pass me a bite of food. She immediately exploded.
"Holly, you're disgusting! Bennett already used those utensils, and you seriously asked him to serve you food? What, don't you have hands?"
I froze, completely blindsided. Before I could even react, Bennett put down his spoon and went straight to her, wrapping her in his arms like she was the one who had been wronged.
Then he turned to me and said I should just get my own food from now on.
However, honestly, wasn't it normal for a husband to serve his wife a bite? What was so outrageous about that?
I barely got a word out before Bennett shut me down in a low, firm voice.
"That's final. If Rosie doesn't like it, then we're not doing it. End of discussion."