During their first therapy session, Noah barely spoke.
During the second, he admitted that he hated the sound of Evelyn’s suitcase wheels.
“They always meant you were leaving,” he said.
Evelyn did not defend herself.
She listened.
Daniel admitted that he had begun resenting every transfer Evelyn made into their bank account.
“I knew the money helped,” he said. “But every deposit began to feel like permission for you not to come home.”
Evelyn listened to that too.
She attended Noah’s appointments without controlling the conversation.
Sometimes he allowed her inside.
Sometimes he asked her to wait in the hallway.
She waited.
One afternoon, Noah brought Rebecca’s shoes to her apartment.
“I don’t want to hear them walking around Dad’s place anymore,” he said.
Evelyn accepted the box.
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