They ate breakfast together in silence

He was engrossed in his morning paper

She was checking her FaceBook page

Back when they were first married

They used to talk for hours on end

Hanging on to every word said

Making each other laugh

But that had long since stopped

He reached over to pick up his cup

Avoiding asking her to pass it to him

She glanced at his outstretched arm

Resisting the temptation to speak

Why bother telling him he should have asked her

She lowered her glance to avoid eye contact

They had stopped looking at each other too

She went upstairs to get dressed

He had left for work when she came back down

Her phone buzzed with a text

I will be working late

Will not need dinner

No smiling faces or kisses in the text

He never made it to the office

Suffering a massive heart attack while driving

There was no suspicion of foul play

She washed the breakfast dishes three times over

Nobody knew she had a lover

They never communicated via phone or the internet

Leaving no digital fingerprints to trace

They met once a week on the same park bench

Making love in his RV to avoid hotel records

They always paid cash at bars and restaurants

At their next meeting she thanked him

Those pills you gave me worked perfectly

I put them in his tea like you said

Best wait a while before we live together he said

She collected the huge life insurance payout

A year later she was making breakfast

While chatting intensely to her lover

Can you please pass my tea he asked

She smiled as she passed the cup