During the week Evan kept me confined, he visited more often than he ever had beforeĀ
Anne, clearly growing desperate, resorted to increasingly clumsy tacties.Ā
Then one day, I noticed a shift in the online narrative. Suddenly, people were digging up dirt on her, painting her as the real homewrecker.Ā
I scrolled through the soācalled āevidence.ā It was nothing incriminating just minor details that made me wonder if she had orchestrated the whole thing herself.Ā
That evening at dinner, Evan washed his hands and served me a bowl of soup, his voice unusually gentle.Ā
āClaire, this used to be your favorite.āĀ
I smiled at him, though my tastes had long since changed.Ā
It didnāt surprise me that he didnāt know. His attention had always been on Anne. If I hadnāt noticed the difference in the flowers at the weddingāhow they werenāt the ones Iād chosenāI might have believed he truly didnāt care about such things.Ā
Not wanting to argue, I accepted the bowl without a word.Ā
The warm glow of the dining room lights cast a serene, almost idyllic atmosphere. It felt like time itself had stilled.Ā
Then his phone rang again.