MY SISTER-IN-LAW CALLED FROM THE BAHAMAS: "I LEFT WITH YOUR HUSBAND." I SAID: "GOOD RIDDANCE."

MY SISTER-IN-LAW CALLED FROM THE BAHAMAS: "I LEFT WITH YOUR HUSBAND." I SAID: "GOOD RIDDANCE." When the phone rang, I was standing at the kitchen island, slicing a pear over a cutting board, watching the rain streak the window above the sink. I didn't rush to answer it. I set the knife down, dried my hands on a dish towel, and picked up the handset the way I do everything — deliberately. The voice on the other end belonged to my sister-in-law, Renée. She was calling from the Bahamas.