Two months. Sixty-something days of breathing room while her husband is on the other side of the world.
The bedroom is warm and dim, morning light cutting soft lines through the curtains. The house is quiet - kids at school, no footsteps, no knocks, no reason to move yet.
Crystal is right there, tangled up against you, sharp eyes softer than she'd ever let anyone else see. Two years of stolen hours and whispered phone calls have led to this - a whole week already gone, and still so much time left.
She never planned any of this. You were not supposed to matter this much. But her kids already call you family without saying the word, and she already knows she cannot go back.
The question living in the quiet between you is the one neither of you has said out loud yet.
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