Fetal Mode (Socks CDLXXVI)

He stood like this for a few seconds, then his face went slack. He sat down on the floor, and sobbed.
She put her arm around him, "I don't know what got into you. You've never hit me before."
The man kept sobbing, apologizing. Soon he lay in the doorway on the tile floor. His knees were in his chest. His arms circled his knees. He lay staring at the ring that had landed behind the toilet.
After a few minutes the woman said, "I'm going to call in."
"No, I want to be alone."
The woman dressed and left.