On a Quiet Street

by Seraphina Nova Glass

Nobody will eat the chocolate chip pancakes, but they complete the breakfast table. If I take the yolks out of the egg bake, then it will make up for pancake calories. Nobody will drink the orange juice either, but it looks nice in tiny glass cups next to the coffee, and it’s Sunday, damn it, so everything should look nice, even if it’s just the three of us and I’m the only one who cares.

I have never regretted giving up my career for the life I have. Now, though, if Finn breaks his side of our promise, his life goes on as it is and I lose it all. He still has his career, money, the house. All of it. My contributions are what

we agreed was best for our family, but on paper I’m worthless, aren’t I? It’s incredibly cruel and unjust. The cheating is one kind of betrayal, but being stripped of everything else is quite another.