When We Were Us

1.

I went downstairs to take out the trash.

That's when I saw it. A Cadillac Escalade, rocking hard.

In the passenger seat, my husband's management trainee was making out with some guy. Full-on.

I almost admired the audacity. Then I saw the man's hand resting on the window frame. A wedding band. Engraved.

C&M.

My name is Claire. My husband is Miles Morrow.

A cold wave of nausea rolled through my stomach.

So that's how it is.

A man can say he loves you while undressing in someone else's