The lie wasn’t loud. It was small, almost tender, tucked into the rhythm of grocery runs and casual jokes. For two years, I never questioned why my husband vanished on the first Saturday of every month. I trusted the routine, trusted him, trusted the comfort of not knowing. Until one morning, I asked to come along—and watched his whole body flin… Continues…
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