He stared at me.
“You don’t mean that.”
“I do.”
“Nina, I never touched her.”
“I do.”
“I’m not talking about that.”
I stepped closer.
“You helped a woman who was struggling, then treated her gratitude like permission. You made promises to her daughter and pulled back when Helena stopped letting you steer.”
“That’s not what happened.”
“Then explain why every version of your generosity ends with someone owing you.”
“I’m not talking about that.”
He went quiet.
I kept going.
“And now I’m sitting here wondering how often you’ve done that to me.”
His face changed.
“Done what?”
“I’m sitting here wondering how often you’ve done that to me.”
“Made me think something was my choice when you had already decided what the right answer should be.”
“Nina, come on.”
“No. I’m serious.”
I pointed toward the stairs.
“We built a family in this house. I trusted you with our money, with Emma, with decisions I thought we were making together. Now Helena tells me you were trying to control her life through favors, and I’m supposed to believe that instinct stopped at her front door?”
“We built a family in this house.”
Mark’s voice dropped.
“I have never controlled you.”
“Maybe not the way you tried to control Helena.”
I held his eyes.
“But tonight, for the first time in our marriage, I’m asking myself whether I missed it because you were better at making it look like care.”
“I have never controlled you.”
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