The Guilty Husband

by Stephanie DeCarolis

She’s hearing this story at a remove; like one who learns of a death on the evening news and thinks to themselves, ‘Such a shame’ while taking for granted the luxury of being able to simply flick the channel and let the tragedy gently drift from their minds.

but a stranger’s pain doesn’t keep us up at night when it doesn’t reach out its cold, spindly fingers and touch our own lives.

the unknown calling to the part of me that sometimes yearns to break free from the routine that has become my life.

it’s wanderlust, the same pull that drives us to escape to the tropics when snow blankets our known landscapes. But, sooner or later, we all find ourselves longing for the comforts of home.

never take anyone at face value. More often than not, the ones that seem too good to be true, are the ones hiding the biggest secrets.