Wearing an Emerald Green Dress on My Birthday Cost Me My Husband

and wiped the berry color off my lips until they were pale again. I threw the paper into the trash bin and did not look at him.

“You always take my little jokes so seriously,” he said, laughing as he walked into the living room.

I stood there for a long time, watching my reflection in the dim light of the bathroom. I rubbed my hands down my thighs, feeling continue reading …