“But there was no diagnosis yet.”
“I know that now.”
“You knew she was frightened. You knew she needed support. And you decided I should be excluded from that support.”
He lowered his eyes.
“I didn’t think of it that way.”
“That’s the problem, Eliam. You didn’t think about how it would affect me.”
He nodded.
“You’re right.”
I looked at the man I had married.
I loved him.
But love did not make his choices harmless.
“You could have told me you were taking leave. You could have said you needed to help Vanessa with a personal matter without revealing her medical information. You could have told me you were dealing with something serious and asked me to trust you until she was ready.”
“I should have.”
“Instead, you kissed me every morning and lied to my face.”
His eyes filled with tears.
“I was afraid you would confront her before she was ready.”
“And you decided that protecting her from an uncomfortable conversation was more important than protecting the trust between us.”
