35.It had been a bitter morning for Annabeth.
She was arguing quite often with Nick, either because he was nervous, or because she was. That day it was not an argument that made her concerned, but the attitude of indifference and distance of her husband.
It was not a matter of seeing Nicholas brooding: Anna felt that the husband was not there with her, that his mind and his spirit would rather be somewhere else, that he wasn't happy.
Anna even tried to provoke him, to trigger some kind of reaction. But she achieved nothing, except a cruel indifference to bear.
Nicholas was usually willing to have a discussion. But in the last few days, he seemed tired and not interested in any type of conversation.
The work, which she endured, accepted and, at times, supported because her husband's co
