37: sleep over and silence

"Where's this anger coming from? I mean, it's my life, not yours!" She responded.

"We're in this together; you're married to me, and you're under my care." He refuted. "You care so little about your health, and you keep stressing yourself."

"You have not lived in my body before, so I'm certain you may be unable to understand why I'm like this." She replied, trying to will away whatever overwhelming emotions were washing over her.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not as wealthy as you are, and I have to work for the kind of life I want to give my family and me. Ever since my father died and my mother fell ill, I've had to shoulder most of the responsibilities. This is my life; I have to work and not rely on the promise of any man to take care of me, and every free opportunity that has been offered to me has been bait of some sort."

Robert was taken aback by her outburst. Bu