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he suddenly felt sick to his stomach. The Bible says The man who
commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys his own soul.
He had to get away from Amber. He didn’t know why he’d come,
and as he stared at her, his stomach was in knots.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“I shouldn’t be here,” he said. “I shouldn’t have come.”
“It’s a little late now,” she said.
“I have to go.”
“Just like that?”
“I’m married,” he said again.
“I know.” She gave a weary smile. “And it’s okay.”
“No, it’s not,” he said, and after getting dressed, he left her
apartment and raced down the steps and jumped in his car. He
drove fast but didn’t swerve because the guilt he felt was like a
sharp tonic to his senses. He made it home and saw a light on at
the Feldmans’ and he knew they would peek out their window as
he pulled in his driveway. The Feldmans were bad neighbors and
never waved at him and told kids to stay off their lawn. They
would know what he’d done because they were bad people and
he had done a bad thing and birds of a feather flocked together.
When he went inside, he needed a drink but the thought of vodka
made him sick and his mind was racing. He’d cheated on his wife
and the Bible says His shame will never be erased. He’d broken a
commandment of God and broken his vow to Erin and he knew
the truth would come out. Amber knew and Todd knew and the
Feldmans knew and they’d tell someone who’d tell someone else
and Erin would learn what he had done. He paced the living
room, his breaths coming fast because he knew he wouldn’t be
able to explain it to Erin in a way she would understand. She was