職場で出会った夫と結婚して、もう10年が経ちます。寿退社をしてからも、元上司の大山さん夫妻とは家族ぐるみで仲良くしています。ある日、4人で食事をしていると仕事に追われている夫を見かねた大山さんが、今度の休みに温泉に行こうと提案してくれました。そして当日、旅館に着いたのも束の間、仕事の事しか頭にない夫と喧嘩になってしまい、夫は1人で帰ってしまったのです。私より仕事が大事なんだ…そう、悲しみに溺れていると、大山さんが私に優しく寄り添ってくれて…。

It's been 10 years since I married my husband, whom I met at work. Even after I left the company to get married, I've remained close friends with my former boss, Mr. and Mrs. Oyama, and our families are now close. One day, as the four of us were having dinner, Mrs. Oyama, seeing how overwhelmed my husband was with work, suggested we go to a hot spring resort on our next day off. On the day of our trip, we arrived at the inn, but almost immediately, I got into a fight with my husband, who only had work on his mind, and he left alone. "Work is more important to him than me…" I thought, drowning in sadness, when Mrs. Oyama gently comforted me…