You Should Have Left

On retreat in the wintry Alps with his family, a writer is optimistic about completing the sequel to his breakthrough film.

The demands of his four-year-old daughter splinter open long-simmering arguments with his wife.

I love her, he writes in the notebook intended for his script.

Why do we fight all the time? Guilt and expectation strain at his concentration. Then words start to appear in his notebook; the words he didn't write...