Apples Never Fall

by Liane Moriarty

There was nothing worse than having to feel sorry for people who had wronged you. You don’t want lottery wins for your enemies, but you don’t want tragedies for them either. Then they got the upper hand.

Surely she would have noticed if there had been cracks in their marriage that could have led to … something catastrophic. But that was five years ago, and maybe every marriage had secret cracks that could turn into chasms.

Now Logan competed against Troy by not competing, which was fucking genius. You couldn’t win if only one of you was playing.