this morning #972.

this morning, what had started off as an innocent question about how his wife was doing these days quickly transformed into me with my arm around his shoulder, a relaxing repetition of “there theres” trying to fill the silence between his tears. last i’d asked, they’d just returned from a wonderful week in japan. they seemed so sweet on each other. turns out he found out soon after that trip that she was cheating on him with his brother. he hadn’t suspected a thing, thought they were at a high point in their marriage. he was quite mistaken. through his sobs, it sure sounded like he said he was going to get revenge. i wondered if i had an obligation to inform the authorities.