"Now I understand it when he said you are a terrible wife. How can you be sorry for loving someone who loves you too? How can you keep such burdens to yourself when you have someone willing to share them with you? How can you hold on to such thoughts when you have someone you can pour them out to?"
"I'm going to check on my wife. The two of you wait here till I return."
Oh no don't leave me here with him after you just made me say those things! Is what I want to say, but he's already out of the office and it's just me and Duke here now.
Just me and him.
…
I don't think it's been over five minutes since Pastor Nathan left us alone to talk but why does it feel like five hours? We've been sitting here in silence and I don't get uncomfortable around Duke, but this silence, after what I just poured out… this silence is very uncomfortable.
