I gripped the phone.
“What?”
“Don’t get upset. I’m just saying that maybe it’s not necessarily a bad thing.”
“Have you and Alex discussed this?”
Another pause.
“Not exactly.”
“Nancy.”
She sighed.
“Alex mentioned it to me a few days ago. I thought he was joking at first.”
My stomach tightened.
A few days ago.
Before Sean had brought it up at dinner.
Before I had even heard the suggestion.
I sat down slowly.
“So our husbands discussed this with each other before either of them told us?”
“I don’t know how the conversation started.”
“But you knew about it.”
“Yes.”
“And you didn’t call me?”
“Because I didn’t know what to say!”
Her voice grew defensive.
I stared at the wall.
Nancy and I had shared so many personal things over the years that I had never considered the possibility of her keeping something like this from me.
“Do you actually want to do it?” I asked.
