as gone, supposedly at a "board meetin

o me," she

iny earbud into it and listened, her

her eyes wide with horror.

, the volume so low

as sweet, cloying. "Ethan, honey, Mia won't go to sleep. She

s that the phone read

doctors take care

t's done. She

real family. I'm looking at wedding ve

for you, my love

video file he must have been watching. The s

dy!" Isabella'

le girl's voice chi

eplied. "Daddy will be home soon, and we'll be together

daughter. A whole life I knew nothing about. He was cooing to his child while I

lculated plan. He had been living a double life for years. Our entire relationsh

loset? The guest list we argued over? It was all a sham. A placeh

hroat. I was just a temporary inco

hoarse. I couldn't listen anymore. The pain was

Sarah asked, her voice shak

n me took over, seeing not a disaster, but a pr

and steady. "Out of the hospital. O

ow

om my career. "I need you to do something for me. I'll give you power

es widened

orld. I don't care where they are. Switzerland, Germany,

ake

ords tasting like ash and freedom. "I need a

n a hospital bed, talking about faking her own death

said. "He won't g

p in this nightmare, I didn't feel alone. I had an ally. The game had changed. Ethan though