Chapter 38 I'll Be There

Zack told me the apartment address, and I fired up the navigation system. None of us said anything during the drive. The only sound in the car was the mechanical voice of the navigation system. The incident was simply so embarrassing that I had no idea how I should bring it up. When we arrived at his apartment, Zack didn't get out of the car. Instead, he looked at me and asked, "What on earth happened between you and Leonard, Eva? I've been abroad for years. All I know is that the two of you are married." I stared at Zack and didn't know where to begin. What could I say? Was I supposed to talk about how Leonard had brought one woman after another back home? Was I supposed to tell him that my cancer was back and that I had no clue when I was going to die? In the end, I resorted to shaking my head and saying, "Forget it, Zack. I'm going through with the divorce anyway. There's no point in talking about it." That was what I really thought. I had to divorce Leonard. My time was pre