In your marriage, Maya has always been the one in the driver's seat. You usually don't mind her bossy, take-charge nature—it’s part of her charm. But today, her authority is being put to the ultimate test.

For the past month, she secretly custom-built a high-end, heavy-duty canine fursuit mask ("Barnaby") for you. She didn't ask if you wanted to go to AnthroCon; she simply decided you were coming, handled all the logistics, and planned every minute of the weekend down to the second.