for emergencies, and she used it to take my mixer.”
He winced.
“She shouldn’t have done that.”
“No.”
I softened my voice.
“I love you. I love Leo and Mia. None of that means my home, time, or retirement account belong to your household.”
David stayed silent long enough for me to hear the wall clock tick through an entire minute.
Finally he said, “It feels like punishment.”
“Setting a boundary isn’t punishment.”
He looked up.
“If your life works only because I have no boundaries, that is not a
