Cuckold -5- 🆕 Simple

He closed his eyes and thought: Tomorrow, I will learn to like the marmalade. End of piece.

Not “Mark says.” Not “Mark told me.” But thinks . As though Mark’s opinions had migrated into the architecture of their breakfast. As though Mark had been there, in the kitchen, last night, while he slept upstairs. Cuckold -5-

Because the sixth, he told himself, would be different. He closed his eyes and thought: Tomorrow, I

Outside, a car passed. Maybe Mark’s. Maybe not. in the kitchen

The fifth was just the one where he stopped lying to himself.

The number was a whisper, not a verdict.