“You say that so easily.”
“Trust me, it’s true. You wouldn’t be here otherwise.”
“I’m taking your word, Alec, because I have to, because I can’t stand not understanding what’s happening to me. The only thing is, how do I begin?”
He ruminated in a dramatic pause that left me hanging on to his next words as if my entire life hinged on what he would say.
“You don’t begin, Glenna. I begin for you. You stop thinking, ease your brain, take a mental vacation from all the desperation that clouds your mind and let me take charge. That’s all. I do the rest; you do as I say.”
“That requires a lot of trust.”
“Yes, it does.”
“You know, if I think about this rationally, it sounds like I’m being brainless again putting myself into the hands of a stranger.”
“But you’re my wife,” he joked, smiling
