For a second, I honestly thought she was joking.
I laughed once. She didn’t.
“You should start preparing for divorce,” she continued. “Men get bored after that many years.”
I stared at her. “You came into my house to tell me that?”
“You should start preparing for divorce,”
“I’m being honest with you. Woman to woman.”
There was something almost casual about the way she said it, as though she were warning me about rain.
I stood and carried her untouched coffee to the sink.
“Then woman to woman,” I said, “you should go home.”
***
I told Irvin everything that night.
“I’m being honest with you. Woman to woman.”
His face changed the moment I repeated her words. “She actually said that?”
“Every word.”
“Then I’m done helping her.”
He meant it.
When she called about a noise in her garage, he told her to contact pest control.
When she texted about a sticking door, he sent her the number of a handyman.
