A Wife's Quiet Devastation

k, swore he' d

pursuit, promising a world where m

revealed recurring, substantial transfers to

the sight of his second car in the drivew

, her panic palpable, and behind her, two smal

ile vanished when he saw me, followed by his

gging, "Those aren' t my k

e act of protection, a story Chloe tearfully co

I could ask who this father was, she shrieked, pulling a paring knif

, comforting a sobbing Chloe, their

owing this charade, thi

e. He didn' t buy himself more time; he' d o