I went to bed that night without giving him an answer.
He fell asleep within minutes.
I lay awake for hours.
And sometime after midnight, a question began to take shape in my mind.
If this was really about saving our marriage, why did it feel as though I was the only person trying to protect it?
The Phone Call That Changed Everything
The next morning, I called Nancy.
I didn’t tell Sean.
I didn’t want him standing nearby, listening for her reaction.
I needed to hear what my best friend would say when she believed we were speaking privately.
Nancy answered on the fourth ring.
“Hey! What’s up?”
I took a breath.
“Did Sean talk to Alex about something unusual recently?”
There was a pause.
“What do you mean?”
I knew that tone. Nancy used it whenever she was trying to decide how much information to reveal.
“Sean suggested that we swap husbands for a week.”
