Chapter 42
DANIEL
I'd been making excuses since the wedding, small ones at first, easy ones, tired from the reception, tired from the flight we never actually took, tired from the stretch of long days closing out quarter numbers before the new year. I canceled the honeymoon four days after we married, told her something had come up with the Kessler negotiations that couldn't wait, and braced myself, out of old habit, for the quiet disappointment I expected to see cross her face.
It never came. She just nodded, said she understood, asked if she should still keep the days off in case my schedule opened up, and when I said probably not, she simply adjusted, rebooked nothing, made no comment, moved on to some other topic entirely like the loss of an entire honeymoon meant nothing more to he
