WRITER'S POV

Vera was growing tired of Jack constantly avoiding the topic of her returning to work. It wasn’t funny anymore. She had agreed to stay back before because she was pregnant, and they had made a deal. But now the pregnancy was no longer holding her back, and Jack was still insisting she had to wait. Wait for what?

It felt like he was drifting away, slowly becoming someone unfamiliar to her. The man she had grown used to, his warmth, his care, his presence, was slipping further out of reach, and she hated it. He didn’t even seem bothered by how withdrawn and miserable she had become. He...