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I should have seen it coming. The signs were all there, subtle as hairline fractures in our wedding china. For forty-three years, I had been married to Frank, a man who moved through our life with the unquestioned authority of a king in his castle. And I, Dorothy, his queen, had long ago learned that my role was to maintain the peace, even if it meant sacrificing pieces of myself.<\/p>\n

The evening had started like a thousand others. I\u2019d spent hours preparing his favorite meal\u2014pot roast, slow-braised until it was meltingly tender. I set the dining room table with the china I\u2019d chosen as a young bride, my head full of silly dreams of elegant dinner parties and sparkling conversation. Those dreams had died a slow, quiet death somewhere between Frank\u2019s third beer and his first casual criticism of the gravy.<\/p>\n

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I should have seen it coming. The signs were all there, subtle as hairline fractures in our wedding china. For forty-three years, I had been married to Frank, a man who moved through our life with the unquestioned authority of a king in his castle. And I, Dorothy, his queen, had long ago learned that…<\/p>\n

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