When Jane’s husband, Patrick, begins to pay more attention to his phone than to her, she suspects him of infidelity. Then things become heated when she discovers a mystery ring under his car seat.Recently, everything about my husband looked strange. Patrick, who had before been an open book to me, had become a mystery. He changed from not caring about his phone when we were together to being obsessed with it, guarding it like it was a valuable secret.
I’ve been eating alone most nights because Patrick has been cooped up in our study, pretending to work while muttering on the phone. “What’s going on, Patrick?” I questioned him after going through the same cold routine for two weeks. “Work is demanding, Jane,” he stated, keeping eye contact. “It’s going to settle down soon, I promise.”Patrick usually sits down with me to discuss his work, but instead he retreats to his study with a mug of coffee.It wasn’t simply the distance between us; it was the silence and unspoken words that permeated our home