Then I heard it again. A woman\u2019s laugh. High and clear.
\nMy key was still in the side door. I\u2019d been halfway to the airport when my stomach dropped. My passport. Sitting on the desk in our study.
\nI was supposed to be on a plane. Four days of quiet. Twenty-two years of marriage had earned me that. He\u2019d agreed so easily. Too easily.
\nNow I stood in my own hallway, a ghost in my own home.
\nEvery step up the main staircase was a choice. My hand on the banister was white-knuckled. My breathing was a thin thread in my throat.
\nThe door to our bedroom was cracked open. Just a sliver of light spilling out.
\nI saw candles. I saw a champagne bottle.
\nI saw my husband, Mark, sitting on the edge of our bed, his back to me.
\nHe wasn\u2019t alone.
\nA woman stood near the window, wearing my robe. The silk one. The one he bought me on that trip, from that little shop we both loved.
\nHer voice was a soft poison. \u201cShe\u2019s gone, right?\u201d
\nI couldn\u2019t move. I couldn\u2019t breathe. I was a statue carved from ice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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