[ She pushes up away from him, curling onto her side, tucking the blanket over herself to stay warm - it wasn't a lie when he grumbled, always cold. But more than that, protecting herself. Smoothing it flat over herself, an absent inability to simply do nothing. ]
The same way most do - you begin to suspect. You feel strange, you take naps in the middle afternoon that have nothing at all to do with your husband's ridiculous sleeping habits, you can't stand your favourite food - then you go to a doctor.
[ A twitch of poor humour. The best she can manage for both their sakes. ] I told him to not tell ... anyone.
[ The empty heavy weight between the words. By anyone, she means his father. By anyone, she means the rest of his family. That already dug, that she hadn't done the one other thing she was supposed to after saving the family fortune. ]
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The same way most do - you begin to suspect. You feel strange, you take naps in the middle afternoon that have nothing at all to do with your husband's ridiculous sleeping habits, you can't stand your favourite food - then you go to a doctor.
[ A twitch of poor humour. The best she can manage for both their sakes. ] I told him to not tell ... anyone.
[ The empty heavy weight between the words. By anyone, she means his father. By anyone, she means the rest of his family. That already dug, that she hadn't done the one other thing she was supposed to after saving the family fortune. ]