卡罗琳的回答全都包含在她那充满泪水的眼睛里。这就足够了。
Iwasstarving。AsIdrovehome，IrealizedIhadhingsi。EveandIhadbeenwtoohardonaspecialprojethinkaboutfood。Ipulledintothedriveway，aelynoticedmywife's'tinthegarage。Isighed。
"？"IcalledasIehehouse。ButIkherewouldbenoanswer，me，nrantaroma。Thehousety，asusual。Iwalkedi。hadleftahastilyseoer："ight。Lasagnainthefreezer。Loveyou。"
Icrumpledupthe;She'salwaysatclassthesedays。"Imutteredal，Iopehefreezerdoor。Thesmallboxsaid"Dinnerforo;Ithrewitbathefreezer。Ididn'twantfrozenlasagnafromthesupermarket；Iwanted'slasagna。AndIwantedmywifeacrossthetablefromme。
Iwaslonely—Imissedhavingtheathome。Sarah，est，hadleftfemonthsago。AtthetimeI'dfeltokayaboutitbecausedIhadeachother。I'dassumedwe'dhavemoretimetogether。
，however，hadotherideas。
Irememberedthenightsheannouncedshewasgoingbacktoschool。
"Don'tlaughatme，Sam，"hadsaid。
"I'mnotlaughing。"Ireplied。Iadmiredherftoschool。
"Thereobetimetodoitbefore。"
Inodded。haddforthekids—driviomusisandbaseballpractices。
"Iknowit'sgoingtotakemeawhiletogetmyteagcertifi，butIreallywanttodoit。"
"Ithinkit'saterrificidea。Ithinkyou'reterrific。"Itold。
She'dblushedaourclaspedhands。"Nobodymaywamyage。"
"You'rehehillyet。"Itoldher。
Isatatthekittable，rememberiofthatnight。Itwastrue—Ihadbeenproudofher；Iroudofher。Sowhathadged？
&ainlyhadabusyschedule，withteststostudyforaowrite。ButIwasbusy，too。
Iwalkedoverterator。"Thisisn'ttheDarkAges。I'mnotgoingtostarvetodeathbecauseisn'thometocook。"Isaidtoit。
&，asIspreadsomemustardonapieceofbreadandseareddelimeattomakeasandwich，I'tigyfeelihehouse…insideme。
&hisisn'ttheDarkAges，Ithought。Butwhat'ssoterribleaboutbeinganold-fashionedguywhomisseshiswife？
&m，hurriedthroughthekit。"Didyouseemybluenotebook？"sheasked。
Ishookmyhead。"WillIseeyoutonight？"
e。Shesethetension。Orcouldshe？
Maybeshe'stoobusywithsotig，Ithought。
"Sam，youknowI'vegotaight，aothelibrarylater。"Shepausedandthensaid，slowly，"Istherespecialreasonyouonight？"
Themusmyjawtighteurnedaway。"No，"Icalled，"IguessIdon't。"
WheheofficeIheardsomeonesay，"aflattireooworkortheaeisbroken。"
Evewasleaningagainstthefili，grinning。Ilaughedinspiteofmylousymood。"heabove，"Isaid，"it'sjust…"
"Justwhat？"Evewalkedoverualyinfrontofme。
Istaredather。Sheersontoworkwith—smartandahardworker。Herhazeleyesnevermissedthesmallestdetailahliftedattheers，asifshewerealwayssmiling。
Wetherthesepastfee'dgottentokherfairlywell。Iguessyoucouldcallusfriends。
"It'snothing，"Isaid，"let'sgettowork。"
Weworkedsteadilythroughtheday，anditwasn'tuntilmystomarumblingthatIrealizedwe&#ottenaboutlunanditwasclosetodiime。