Shock showed all over Mr. Sweet's face, and he blurted, "It's over? But things were just going fine… Why is it over, just like that?"

Tanya stammered, "I-I guess in the end, we're not right for each other. Just carrying on won't do much good anyway, and we're not exactly young—we really don't have to keep prolonging the mistake."

"'Not right for each other?'"

Mrs. Sweet repeated, perplexed. "You've been together for so long, and it's your longest relationship… You're in your thirties, and it