D ahlia certainly had piqued my curiosity. After describing how she was burning out from walking on eggshells around her husband in order to keep him calm she said she discovered something that changed everything.
“I found them” Dahlia said. “Lottery tickets. Hundreds of them. I asked my husband about them and he yelled at me. Exploded. I’ve never seen him so angry. In fact he never gets angry. He never has to no one does anything that might somehow upset him!”
She shook her head. “Of course I apologized and spent the next week smiling and making his favorite meals and keeping the kids quiet. But inside I was shaking. Because he yelled which he’s never done before and because he’d been hiding something from me and because I was at the end of my rope.”
She wiped her eyes. “I tried not to but I couldn’t stop myself. I waited till he left for work and went through his desk. I found bills that were never paid. Collection notices. Threats.” Her voice broke. “I didn’t know what to do! I was afraid to confront him. He’s never been violent but when he screamed? I was scared. I know that makes no sense. I just… I can’t handle him being upset!”
