part 2 The man who spent eleven years blaming me for our childlessness threw me out of our home9-008v

there.”

“I’m sure she does.”

“Mariana,” he said, already tired. “Can we not make this complicated?”

There it was again.

The old request.

Make yourself smaller so my life can stay smooth.

“They are five years old,” I said. “They are not decorations for a family image.”

“That’s not what I’m doing.”

“What are you doing?”

He did not answer immediately.

When he finally continue reading …