Page 10 of The Marriage Game

Or you could just go on vacation with me and leave your children behind!!!!!

Brooke

Oh wait, you already are! Montana dude ranch here we come!!! T-1 day!! (Party hat emoji, horse emoji, mountain emoji)

Hannah

Yes!!!! (Party hat emoji, horse emoji, mountain emoji, bed emoji)

Brooke

Eww, TMI, Hannah.

Hannah

What? It was a reference to the kids not being in bed with us. Geez.

Brooke

Exactly. We all know what happens in the marriage bed when there are no kids around.

I glance over at Max’s sleeping form. Yeah, not in this marriage bed. It’s been almost two weeks sincethat’shappened. Max was traveling for work for five days, and sure he tried when he got back, but I feigned exhaustion. C’mon, though—did he really think I wanted to have sex straight away after being a solo parent for almost an entire week? No. What I wanted was a glass of wine and a back rub that led to nothing but me sleeping. Then maybe the next day we could have had sex.

Of course now that he’s running for attorney general it’ll probably be another couple of weeks before we do anything—that’s how upset I am about the whole thing. How would that be for direct communication? No sex until you drop out of the race.

Would that count as sabotage?

Another series of vibrations draws my attention back to my phone.

Hannah

The marriage bed? What are we Amish now?

Brooke

I would be such an awesome Amish person.

Hannah

Um…How do you figure that?

Brooke

Amish people chop a lot of wood, yes?

Hannah

Yes….

Brooke

Well, I would love to watch Will chop wood, ergo I would be an awesome Amish wife.

Hannah

(eye roll emoji, eye roll emoji, eye roll emoji)

Brooke

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