My wife is paralyzed, so I haven’t been inti:mate with her for four months. Out of deep frustration, I left her alone for ten days to go on a date with the younger sister of my colleague. And then… the unexpected happened.

I did not deserve. I told her I was just tired, that work had been brutal, that everything would settle once we found a rhythm. She nodded because she wanted to believe me, and I let her because the truth was still shapeless inside me, a selfish thing I had not yet given a name.

Christina entered my life on a Tuesday afternoon carrying iced coffee and continue reading …