Valentina waited for Marco until past midnight. Still, he did not come home. In fact, he had not been home in four days, which Valentina considered childish.
A grown man deciding the best response to marital crisis was to stop sleeping in the marital bed altogether.
Was running away now the doctor-recommended approach to marriage problems? Had she missed the memo?
Step one: marry into the mafia. Step two: have a baby. Step three: develop emotional distress. Step four: husband relocates to his office.
Ridiculous.
She sat on the edge of the bed for a while, phone in hand, staring at the last unanswered call. He had not picked up. Valentina gave it one final shot. She opened their message thread and typed.
You either come home now or I will come searching for you.
She hit send then she stared at the screen. Marco might be angry. He might be punishing her. But he would not want his wife wandering around New York in the middle of the night.
Right?
Ugh.
