At home she showers the airport off her and asks the husband if she can ride to therapy with him. She planned to meet him there but it’s a half-hour drive and we’ve already discussed her driving issues when she’s not tired and about to end her marriage. He says he doesn’t think it’s a good idea. She says We don’t have to talk. I just can’t drive. They ride there together mostly in silence.
I don’t really know what to say now, the wife says in therapy. You go.
He says he knows she wanted him to take his time, not make a rush decision. But he’s spent a lot of time thinking about this these last three weeks. He’s very sure, having thought about it for three weeks, that he wants to end the marriage. We had a good marriage, I’m not willing to work on it, I chose someone else.
They ride home together mostly in silence. At the end of a marriage, do you hug goodbye? She can barely squeak out the word.