She told him that evening.
He came at six for no particular reason, just the natural rhythm of things now, the way Tuesdays had started to include him without anyone formalizing it.
Nora was at the table doing homework. A worksheet about numbers that she was approaching with the methodical patience she reserved for things she considered beneath her actual capabilities but was willing to complete for diplomatic reasons.
Daniel sat across from her and helped without being asked not to do it for her, just present when she got stuck, which Nora accepted with the ease of someone who had incorporated him into the furniture of her daily life.
Julia made dinner.
Listening to the homework conversation, Daniel explained something about addiction in a way that Nora found more satisfying than th
