Chapter 5

I told Arthur I was trying to lose weight.

He glanced at my legs. "Don't lose any more weight. If you keep this up, you'll be nothing but skin and bones."

Then he set down his beer, yawned, and made his way to the bedroom.

"I'm going to sleep. Gotta get up early for work tomorrow," he said.

As he passed by me, he paused, like he was about to say something.

But he didn't say a word. He went into the bedroom and shut the door.

I stood there, the washing machine still rumbling in the background.

Arthur noticed…