"After this… I'm thinking of retiring. No, actually, I'm already planning to."
"What?" Fil gasped as this was the least she expected. From the tone of Jackson's voice, she thought there was grave news he wanted to tell her. Not that this was considered a bad one, but it was a surprising one.
"I'm not going to become poor and make you the sole provider," he laughed.
"Jack, you know that isn't what's important to me," Fil stressed. "Why would you retire?"
"I worked all my life to the bones just because I can. But now, I want to do something else and that is to take care of you," he explained quietly. "My goal is to be the perfect househusband — with money, of course. Financial problems ruin marriages."
Fil had a divided opinion about his plan. So she asked, "Is this why you have to leave?"
"Yeah."
"Jack…"
"You don't want me to?"
"No, but it's just…" she trailed off, lowering her gaze as she tried to process this.
