Neither Misery nor Company

It was only when she discovered he had cheated on her for almost two years, and he finally admitted that he had never forgiven her for aborting his child, and they went back and forth saying the most hurtful things to one another, that he saw her again as though for the first time, and thought, What a beautiful woman that is, so unknown to me, and what a perfect wife she would make, and she thought, What a strange man he is, hardly a man I could ever imagine myself loving, and yet I know I will think about him all night tonight and all day tomorrow.