Had there even been any signs? She replayed every conversation, every moment, looking for clues she might have ignored, but nothing seemed out of place until now.

She thought about the delicate dance of their relationship, the trust she had placed in him despite the whispers of doubt that now seemed so glaringly obvious in hindsight. Her apartment, her financial security, her dreams of a family—all gone.

She had invested everything in this new life, in him, only to be left with nothing but the hollow shell of their home by the lake.