Sorry after everything?
Sorry after your wife nearly ruined my life?
Then suddenly he said:
“She was arrested.”
I looked back immediately.
“What?”
He nodded.
“Police came yesterday.”
For a few seconds I said nothing.
Because reality suddenly felt strange.
Very strange.
Months ago I didn’t even know these people.
Now somebody was in police custody because of me.
Then Daniel said quietly:
“She keeps asking about you.”
I frowned.
“What?”
“She keeps crying.”
Silence.
Long silence.
Then he looked at me carefully.
“I think she lost herself.”
And honestly?
For the first time…
I believed him.
Because normal anger does not carry boiling water.
Something had broken inside her long before that day.
Part 4
One month later I returned home.