Chapter 5: Article Seven

ARTICLE VII — PHYSICAL CONTACT. The Wife agrees to provide sustained, controlled physical contact with the Husband on a daily basis, as prescribed by his physician. The Wife may set all limits. The Husband will not exceed them. I found him on the terrace at two in the morning. He'd stopped shaking. He was leaning on the railing with a glass of something amber, and he didn't turn around. "Ask," he said. "What's wrong with you?" He laughed, low and bitter. "Direct. I like that." He set the...