I look away from him. Look back. “We were having problems before Niko’s death, too.” For whatever reason I’m sharing this with someone I’ve just met, I keep going. “When he lost his job and became a full-time dad, he assumed it would be temporary. We both did. But when he couldn’t find another job in his field, he became depressed. Anxious. He had trouble sleeping. It was my idea that he should see a doctor and get something for his anxiety, but I didn’t know the medication he was taking was addictive, or that he was overdoing it. And drinking during the day when he was watching the kids. He
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Emily
