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.

Hannah’s phone, my voice growing more frantic with each unanswered ring. I could almost hear her in the back of my mind, a voice echoing back in a way that felt both distant and painfully close.

I drove for three hours that night, the streets flickering past me like faded memories. The radio played softly in the background, but I couldn’t hear it, my continue reading …