My Water Heater Exploded,Because My Husband Sent the Repairman to His Ex

That night, while I was in the shower, the water heater exploded.

I went down on the bathroom floor, one whole arm shredded and bleeding from the shattered glass door.

I called my husband twelve times. No one picked up.

He didn't show up at the hospital until dawn.

Marvin Gilbert looked at my bandaged arm and frowned.

"It's over and done with, so why call me here? You're a grown woman. You can't even shower without hurting yourself?"

"Hilda's nerves are shot. It took me forever to get her to sleep. If she wakes up, is that on you?"

I was in too much pain to speak.