sive house, Sarah overheard Mark on the phone.

. She won't be a problem anymore." A paus

ir, then a strange numbness. Her suffering, Izzy'

ing room, staring blank

rn. He knelt beside her, trying to take her hand. "I'm so sorry

ld and sharp, filled her. His words w

a small, velvet box at the back of her closet. Inside, a delicate silver locket Ethan had

re of them smiling, then snapped it shut and d

eded to understand the

s lies. She searched, driven by a cold fury. Behind a row of impe

clearly taken without Victoria's knowledge. Pressed flowers. Scrawled notes, poems even, filled with an

ed depth of his secret life with Victori

or somethi

limp was more pronounced today, a sign he was feeling th

panel, the sca

most gentle. "That. It's just...

s trying to make her doubt

our marriage, Sarah.

ess, and a wave of pure

expensive jewelry, the first-edition books, the carefully chosen

ng symbols of his "love" into a

A charity event for a cause Victoria

ont, Sarah. Especially now.

lie. She knew it

nal turmoil hidden beneath a carefully constructed facade of