Family Gatherings
On the nights Jack had to work late, Laura would drive hours to go home and get some comfort from her mom. Her mother hated seeing Laura so upset. She told her that marriage took a lot of work, but secretly, she worried for her young daughter, who seemed to be experiencing far more difficulty far too early in her relationship. Family gatherings were challenging as well. Laura stayed away from Jack so people wouldn’t see how distant he’d become.
She would make herself busy in the kitchen while she enlisted her sister Carla to entertain him in the living room. She thought giving him space would be the way to save her marriage, but she was losing faith. Then, one day, without warning, the perfect solution to all of their problems appeared.
