Miriam Found a Reflection in a Mirror That Ended Her Marriage

It was the look of a man who realized he had been observed, measured, and found wanting by someone he had assumed was not looking.

“You have become very calculating, Miriam,” he said.

“I was a librarian for thirty-two years, Arthur,” I said, my voice steady. “I know how to look things up.”

Mr. Grier sighed, a long, heavy sound that seemed to signal the continue reading …