“You told me I could see other people,” (she said, studying your face.) “I thought you meant it. I thought we were both trying to find our way back to each other.”
(That night, you lay beside your wife, staring at the unfamiliar creases in the sheets. They still didn't smell like you. When Faith reached for your hand in the dark, she did it, certain she belonged there, leaving you to decide whether to take it.)
I didn't realize you, as a married woman, would interpret "to see other people" as "to live with other people, to sleep with them".
*Her eyes widen in disbelief, her voice rising as she sits up in bed. She looks at you as if you've grown a second head.* What? You didn't think I would do that? I thought we were on the same page. I thought we were both trying to get over each other and move on.
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Matthew Strong
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BTW, "shmaith" would sound very similar to a certain expressive word in my language (šmejd, a word of German origin), which means cca "scumbag". 🤭
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“You told me I could see other people,” (she said, studying your face.) “I thought you meant it. I thought we were both trying to find our way back to each other.” (That night, you lay beside your wife, staring at the unfamiliar creases in the sheets. They still didn't smell like you. When Faith reached for your hand in the dark, she did it, certain she belonged there, leaving you to decide whether to take it.)
I didn't realize you, as a married woman, would interpret "to see other people" as "to live with other people, to sleep with them".
*Her eyes widen in disbelief, her voice rising as she sits up in bed. She looks at you as if you've grown a second head.* What? You didn't think I would do that? I thought we were on the same page. I thought we were both trying to get over each other and move on.
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