I Worked Nights and Nursed My Husband Through Cancer – The Week He Was Declared Cancer-Free, He Asked for a Divorce, but His Doctor Stopped Me and Said, ‘There’s Something You Should Know’

The door closed behind him.

I pulled the paperwork into a neat stack.

“Okay,” I said. “You sign this one. I think this one is mine.”

Theo didn’t move.

I looked at him.

That got his attention.

“You never call in sick.”

“Exactly. We’re celebrating irresponsibly. I’ll cook.”

“Don’t.”

I stopped.

“Don’t what?”

Something in his voice made me put the pen down.

“What?”

He looked directly at me.

“I want a divorce.”

I focused on the papers and straightened a crooked page.

“You need to sign the follow-up sheet.”

“Alicia.”

“And we should put the next scan in both our phones,” I continued.

“Did you hear me?”

I set the pen on top of the papers.

“I know.”

“Then maybe wait until dinner before ruining my life.”