"You claimed splitting bills was about respect, but you used it to exile me from my own marriage."
My eyes stayed bone-dry.
Leo's face drained of color, and his expression crumbled like wet paper.
A thud echoed through the room as he collapsed to his knees, his palms slapping the floor.
"Iris," he said in a cracking voice, "I was wrong. So wrong. How could I... how could I have done this to you?"
He ripped a wad of itemized receipts from his pocket and shredded them with frantic hands. "To hell with splitting bills. To hell with keeping score."
"I will pay back every cent you ever spent on me."
"Double it. No, ten times over. No... take everything I own."
"Iris, please. I will die without you."
Tears gushed down his cheeks, ugly and unrestrained, as seven years of belated regret c
