“I have chosen the way of faithfulness.”
Psalm 119:30
“Gary, do you have anything you want to tell me about?”
“No.”
“Nothing about where you went between getting your haircut and picking up Allison at the bus stop?”
“No, not that I can think of.”
“I found the evidence. Graham [our son] saw it in your car.”
“You know,” I said, rising to my own defense, “some wives expect to find other women’s phone numbers or maybe magazines lying around. But an empty Starbucks cup?”
Lisa laughed, but in truth, I do spend more money than I should at Starbucks. We had just bought our own espresso machine, hoping to cut down on the expense, but I was out and about on a winter day, had an extra ten minutes, and could taste the relief even before I bought it.
This episode provided just another reminder that everything I do, I do in front of my spouse.
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