Margaret asked when they first met in person.
Vanessa said:
“June.”
June was the month of my wedding anniversary.
Daniel tried to end the conversation, but I told him to sit down.
Then I asked Vanessa directly:
“Did Daniel tell you we were separated?”
Her face changed instantly.
Before Daniel could interrupt, Vanessa said:
“He told me you were basically separated.”
The room seemed to go still.
Then she added:
“He said you were only still living together for financial reasons.”
Daniel immediately claimed she had misunderstood him.
But the look Vanessa gave him told me another truth was coming.
Vanessa stared at Daniel as if seeing him clearly for the first time.
She said he had told her we slept in separate bedrooms and that our marriage was already ending.
I almost laughed
