My Husband Showed Up with a Cast on His Leg the Day Before Our First Family Vacation – Then I Got a Call That Changed Everything

He stepped forward smoothly. No limp. No pain.

“I can explain.”

“Please do,” I said.

He gestured at the hallway.

At the empire of new things he’d built while I was gone.

“This stuff just got here today. I was moving it downstairs.”

“For a little space. A place to unwind.

Just something for me.”

“For you.” I looked at the armchair. Big enough to swallow a person whole. “And you alone.”

He nodded.

“I knew you’d get upset if I told you beforehand.”

“So you lied.”

“I didn’t want a fight,” he said. “You’ve been stressed. I didn’t want to add to it.

I just needed time to get this set up.”

I looked at the boxes again. Everything was brand new and expensive.

“How much?” I asked.

He rubbed his face and looked everywhere but at me. “It’s not that bad.”

“How.

Much.”

“A few thousand. We finally have disposable income. I thought—”

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