“He left you alone beside a highway, Mom!”
“And I need to decide what that means for my marriage, honey.”
She nodded reluctantly.
“I’m worried about you.”
“Sweetheart, I haven’t decided.”
“I know. But I need you to trust me to make this decision.”
She hugged me again.
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Then I went to find Eric.
***
He was waiting near the kitchen.
“Can we talk privately, Amy?”
I followed him into the adjoining room.
She hugged me.
“Today got out of hand,” he said.
“You left me at a rest stop!”
“I was frustrated. We were late, and you know how much I hate waiting.”
“You made us leave an hour late because you couldn’t find your sunglasses, and I’m the problem here, Eric?”
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“That’s different.”
“How?”
“I was frustrated.”
He looked away.
“Fine. I shouldn’t have driven off.”
“Why did you?”
“I wanted you to understand what it’s like when somebody doesn’t respect your time.”
