I didn’t wake him up.
Part 3
I went down the stairs slowly, until I got to the kitchen, where I started to make coffee like it was just any morning. When my husband came down, half an hour later, yawning, he asked me naturally:
“Did you sleep well?”
I didn’t respond immediately. I poured him the coffee and sat in front of him.
“I gave up our wedding bed last night without you asking me with respect. I did it because I didn’t want to start this with a conflict. But I want you to understand something: I’m not going to do it again.