“Why are you reacting like that? It’s not as if we’re talking about strangers. We know them. We trust them.”
“That’s exactly why this is disturbing. They’re our friends!”
He raised his hands.
“Relax. Nobody is forcing anybody to do anything. I thought it might be an interesting experience.”
“An interesting experience?”
“People do unconventional things to keep their marriages alive. Maybe we need to stop pretending that everything has to remain the same forever.”
I pushed my plate away.
“Is this what you really want?”
He hesitated just long enough for me to notice.
“I think it could be good for all of us.”
That answer frightened me more than a simple yes would have.
I went to bed without speaking to him again that night.
Sean fell asleep quickly. I lay beside him, staring at the ceiling and wondering what had happened to the man who once told me that being married to me was the greatest decision of his life.
