“Yes.” Was all I managed to say to her.
She turned around looking at me. “Yes, what? You have to say the words Noah. I deserve to hear them.”
“Yes, I’m cheating on you.” Her face fell and her eyes began to tear up. She looked down for a moment, cleared her throat and looked me in the eyes. She had completely managed to compose herself in less than a minute.
“It doesn’t matter. It’s over. As of this moment you and whoever she is are done. I don’t want details. I don’t want to know another thing about it. Are we understood?”
I stared at her in disbelief. How could she compartmentalize what I had just told her so fast? I felt as if we were in a final stage of negotiations and she had thrown out everything I wanted without a care.
“No, I don’t understand. I just told you I cheated on you.
