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.

was evident, the emotional weight of everything we had gone through was a constant presence between us. I could see it in Hannah’s eyes when she looked at me, that question still lingering there. Could I really be the man she needed? Could I be the partner she deserved, or was I still the man who had chosen himself over her when things got hard?

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