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face in hi s ha nd s and he said, “I told you I want ed to be the bes t in my

fiel d, Lily. I told you thi s the firs t ni ght we ev er met . It was one of my
na ked truths . But if I ha ve to cho ose bet ween working at the bes t
ho spital in the world and making my wife ha ppy . . . I cho ose you. You
are my succes s. As long as you’re ha ppy, I don’t care where I work.
We’l l stay in Boston. ”
Tha t’s when I knew tha t I had made the right cho ice. Ever yone

des er ves ano ther cha nc e. Espec ially the peo ple who mea n the most to
you.
It’s been a wee k sinc e tha t fig ht and he ha sn’t ment ioned moving
again. I feel bad, like I thw arted hi s plans in some way, but marri age is
about compromise. It’s about doing wha t’s bes t for the couple as a
who le, no t ind ividually. And staying in Boston is bet ter for ev er yone in
both of our families .

Spea king of families , I look over at my pho ne right as a tex t from
Allysa comes thro ugh.
Allysa: Are you fin ished up at work yet? I need your opinion on furniture.
Me: Be there in fif teen minutes.
I don’t kno w if it’s the impend ing del iver y or the fact tha t she’s no t

current ly working , but I’m pret ty sure I’ve spent more time at her
ho use thi s week tha n I ha ve at my own. I close up the sho p and hea d
toward her apartment .

• • •

When I step off the el ev ator, there’ s a no te taped to her apartment
door. I see my na me written across it, so I pull it off the door.

Li ly,

On the seventh floor. Apar tment 749.
—A

She has an ap ar tment he re just for extra furniture? I kno w they ’re rich,
but ev en tha t seems a little exces sive for them . I get on the el ev ator

and pres s the button for the sev ent h floor. When the doors open, I
hea d down the ha ll toward apartment 749. When I rea ch it, I ha ve no