it was possible that for their entire marriage they hadn’t heard what was said but rather what they wished was said or wished was thought or maybe what they once saw in a movie or read in a book or maybe heard in a song that one time
george was fairly certain he’d never said he wanted lucy to cut her hair but she insisted he’d said he liked it
lucy was fairly certain she’d never said she’d wanted george to give her the silent treatment for six years and then hang himself in the garage, his dumb feet scuffing up old back issues of Time magazine