“I knew it!” he said with a slap on his leg. “I reviewed some of his articles and knew Albert couldn’t manage all those mathematical calculations on his own. You were always better at math than him. Than most of us, actually.” I blushed. “Coming from the head of the Polytechnic math department, that’s quite a compliment. And here I am, just a housewife.” “The department chair could have been yours if this old man hadn’t stole you away from science,” Marcel said, nudging Albert. I laughed. It had been so long since someone thought of me as anything but Albert’s wife. His
