For years, my husband had one strange habit he refused to explain: every Friday night, he left our bedroom and slept in the guest room. I told myself it was harmless until I found a locked drawer beside that bed.
My husband, Mark, and I had been married for fifteen years when I finally stopped pretending Fridays were normal.
We had two kids, decent jobs, a comfortable house, and the kind of marriage people described as “solid.”
Most of the time, I believed them.
Mark made coffee every morning. He remembered parent-teacher nights. He still reached for my hand in grocery stores.
The outings were inconsistent enough that I never saw a pattern.
But Fridays had rules I didn’t understand.
For years, Mark had spent some Friday evenings helping his older brother with one thing or another. At least, that was what he called it.
Sometimes he went straight after work. Other Fridays, he came home at his usual time. The outings were inconsistent enough that I never saw a pattern.
But every Friday night, without fail, he slept in the guest room.
He smiled and carried his pillow down the hall.
The first time it happened, I laughed.
“Am I being banished?”
He smiled and carried his pillow down the hall.
“My back hurts.”
The next Friday, he did it again.
“Still your back?”
At least, that was what I told myself.
“You’ve been snoring.”
“I do not snore.”
“You absolutely do.”
I threw a sock at him.
It became a joke.
At least, that was what I told myself.
“The sun hits our room too early.”
A few weeks later, the explanation changed.
“The sun hits our room too early.”
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