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.

had gone through, or if I thought the tingling in Hannah’s left foot meant progress.

I laughed. God help me, I actually laughed. Christina leaned in when she talked, and everything about her felt warm, uncomplicated, and dangerous in the way fire must feel to a freezing man who has stopped caring what burns.

When I got home, Hannah was awake in bed with continue reading …