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"You're the one who made the decision to have the affair. I think you should be the one who takes responsability for it. Not your husband."
She shook her head. "We're not like that, Bernie. There have never been any secrets between us, and this would be too awful. I have to tell him."
"There are always secrets," Bernie said [...] After a moment Bernie said, "You know, it's not my business, but I wonder if you could see someone, a therapist. There has to be a good therapist in Boston. Just for now while you sort all these things out."
"Oh, Bernie," said Suzanne. She touched his arm briefly. "I've been to a therapist. That's who I had my stupid affair with."
Elizabeth Strout – Olive, Again (2019)
Penguin Random House UK (2019)