“Well, explain it to me then. Looks to me like you went out and got yourself a family. So where does that leave me?” But before she could make any sort of attempt to explain, he held up his hand. “You know how many people I could have cheated with? You want to know how many? I don’t even know. Remember Meg? She was gorgeous, but I didn’t.”

He could see the pale oval of her face in his peripheral vision as she turned to study him. It wasn’t quite his point. It hadn’t come out right. She should know what he meant without him spelling it out.

“Good for you, Mal,” she said after a minute. “What a guy.”

“Sorry. That was a dumb thing to say.”