No, Michael. You were not ashamed to have a fat wife.
He stared at me.
“You were ashamed to have a wife you could no longer control.
Margaret quietly closed her briefcase.
Sarah, his father also left him a house overlooking the ocean. It’s yours and you can move there when you feel ready.
I looked around, watching our living room.
The wet ground.
The dirty mop.
The walls I had spent twenty years trying to be good enough for a man who had never stopped criticizing me.
Then I picked up my bag.
“Margaret, could you take me to know that house?”
She smiled.
“Of course.
Michael ran to the door.
Sarah! You can’t leave like that!
I turned around.
Michael, you told me to leave.
He lowered his head.
And for once I have decided to listen to you.
Six months later, I lived in a beautiful house by the sea.