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I came home just before midnight and found my husband asleep on our couch with our neighbor curled against him. Her hand was flat against his chest, his arm was around her waist, and they were sleeping beneath the gray blanket my mother had given us for our fifth wedding anniversary. Caleb looked peaceful, as if there were nothing wrong with another woman being wrapped around him in the middle of our living room. For one terrible second, I wanted to scream his name and force both of them to look at me.
Sep 20, 2026

I came home just before midnight and found my husband asleep on our couch with our neighbor curled against him. Her hand was flat against his chest, his arm was around her waist, and they were sleeping beneath the gray blanket my mother had given us for our fifth wedding anniversary. Caleb looked peaceful, as if there were nothing wrong with another woman being wrapped around him in the middle of our living room. For one terrible second, I wanted to scream his name and force both of them to look at me.

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