I immediately felt tempted to soften my words.
But I let them stand.
Mark moved the offer towards her.
“Will you come with me and see this?”
Diane finally picked up the newspaper.
“I’m not happy with this.”
Neither of us insisted that she accept it.
Diane viewed the apartment with Mark and accepted it.
The other weeks I took Noah to nursery while Mark started working earlier shifts.Diane kept her things packed in the guest room.
On his last morning, Noah hugged his grandmother at the front door.
“Can a pelican visit us?”
Diane crouched down next to him.
“Of course.”
I helped Noah wave goodbye while Mark packed her bags.
That evening Mark approached me in the living room.
“Sorry,” he said. “I thought if it worked out, you wouldn’t mind me not asking.”
“I could have said no anyway.”
“I know.”
“You had to let me do this.”
