I held on.
That was the moment our marriage changed.
Not at the beach. Not at dinner. Not because of the resort or the romantic idea of a second chance.
It changed in an old building no guest was meant to see, with dust in the corners and weak lights overhead, while my husband let himself be known.
We left the resort two days later with no neat answers. Arthur died the following week. Daniel cried again in our kitchen when the call came. We started looking into Baylor County, Pastor Reid, and the name Miriam. There are records to find. Graves to visit.
Questions that may never get clean answers.
But this is what I know:
The vacation did save something. Just not in the way either of us expected.