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The next morning, Sarah took the kids to school.<\/p>\n

Before leaving, my daughter hugged me.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you picking us up today, Dad?\u201d<\/p>\n

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I looked at Sarah.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t say anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m going to pick you up.\u201d<\/p>\n

And for the first time in years, I kept my word.<\/p>\n

I picked them up after school.<\/p>\n

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We bought pralines on Market Street because my daughter really wanted them.<\/p>\n

We walked through downtown Charleston.<\/p>\n

The church steeples disappeared under gray clouds.<\/p>\n

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My kids laughed among the pigeons.<\/p>\n

Shame closed my throat.<\/p>\n

For years I said I worked for them.<\/p>\n

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It was a lie.<\/p>\n

I did work.<\/p>\n

But I also escaped.<\/p>\n

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From the bills, the exhaustion, the routine, and my own mediocrity.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Sarah held the entire house together on her own.<\/p>\n

When we returned, she was packing clothes into boxes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDon\u2019t do this,\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not doing this today, David.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI did it every night you didn\u2019t come home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd Andrew?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is my lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe listened to me when you stopped doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Then she added in a low voice: \u201cI didn\u2019t sleep with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t betray you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he held my hand when I felt alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That hurt more than any infidelity.<\/p>\n

The days passed in silence.<\/p>\n

I slept in the guest room.<\/p>\n

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One Sunday, we went to the French Quarter with the kids.<\/p>\n

My son bought a small hand-painted pottery plate.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe careful,\u201d Sarah told him.
\n\u201cPottery breaks if you don\u2019t take care of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t know if she was talking about the plate or our marriage.<\/p>\n

Later, near Waterfront Park, I asked her: \u201cTell me what you need from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t use the kids to keep me here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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