In the last month, he still chose his first love

Chase’s first love, Joyce, posted an update on her social feed. It shared a news headline saying, “An asteroid may collide with Earth within a month. The United Nations has activated the Planetary Security Protocol for the first time.”

Beneath it, she wrote, “The end of the world, and you are not by my side.”

I was just about to laugh at her melodrama. Believing clickbait headlines and viral scare news, how ridiculous.

But not long after, my husband, an astronomy professor, rushed home in high spirits and told me he wanted a divorce.