Stories we Tell Scene 45

“…hmmm…well can’t you just give her some of Mindi’s things until it passes?”

“TED! I don’t want to mortify the poor girl! She’s stressed out and traumatized enough! When I took her shopping – (the shopping you were supposed to do with her remember?), she nearly had a coronary when I suggested she try on a bra! That’s something every girl her age starts wearing at about this point in life. Now imagine I suggest she starts wearing her 5 year old sister’s pull-ups! That’s going to go over well…”

“Ok, Ok, Ok…So if you don’t want my solution, why are you telling me this then?” He barked defensively.

“Ted, we need to work on our marriage…we need to fix this. Jordan’s bedwetting is just a symptom of what’s happening between us. It’s telling us something. We’re in trouble.”

The line was very quiet.

“Ted?”

Sally could hear him breathing.