She set her plate down next to mine and took my hand. "You know you can tell me anything."

I nodded as a tear slid slowly down my cheek. "Rosa, I don't know how to say this, but Steven and I had been having problems for a while "

"Well, no wonder, with him cheating on you like that "

"That's not everything," I cut her off. I took a deep breath, and then continued, "Rosa, I had an affair with another man the weekend before Steven died." Tears rolled down my ...