The Secrets of Us

by Lucinda Berry

aren’t secretly wondering if I did something to get myself into such trouble with my wife, but I didn’t do anything. I swear I didn’t. She’s sick, Krystal.” “Okay. Well, then tell me what’s going on, because the last time I saw her, she was perfectly fine, and now she’s someone unrecognizable.” There’s no hiding my accusatory tone. “It all happened so quickly and spun out of control before I even had a chance to wrap my brain around it.” He drains what’s left in his Styrofoam cup. “I was just stumbling around in shock when she first started acting weird