An Elegy For Infidelity

For twelve years she has been the perfect wife.

Respectable. Controlled. Careful not to draw attention to the body her husband insists she should hide.

Short, voluptuous, and unapologetically curvy, she learned long ago that the world can be unkind to women who take up space. Her husband reminds her of that often—masking criticism as honesty while quietly claiming ownership over the very curves he pretends to despise.

But the day she shows a luxury home to a confident younger buyer, something ...