reveal the raw anger beneath. "Don't be a fool, Evelyn.

hing quickly and tore out the check, holding it out to her. "Here. Take t

as so profound it almost made her laugh. She looked at the paper in his hand and then back at his face, her expression one of

ny let out a sh

e contorted in pain. She had stumbled against the corner of a packin

eyes filling with tears. "Evelyn, why did you leave th

on was so absurd, so transparently manipulat

ch with the gravity of a surgeon inspecting a mortal wound. He glared back at Evelyn, his voice laced with venom.

oddling the woman he'd had an affair with over a fabricated injury, while si

even get out of bed. Ethan had stayed home from work for three days. He had brought her soup, checked her temperature, read to h

xisted at all. The man standing in front of

any, his voice dripping with concern. He helped her toward the do

, watching them leave. The door clicked shut behind them,

had posted a new photo. It was a picture of her arm, now sporting an absurdly large bandage. She was h

amazing husband is taking such good care of me.

the truth to paint Evelyn as the villain and Tiffany as the victim,

ion of the past weeks finally caught up with her. A sharp pain lanced through her abdomen, a

owed out. She stumbled to the bathroom, her vision tunneling. She collapsed