My husband came home and said, “I’m in love with another woman, but I still love you, so I’ll just live in both houses” — I thought he was joking until he began packing, so I taught him a lesson he never expected from me.

smile.

 

Outside, he blocked my path.

 

“You should have accepted three days a week,” he said.

 

“Now I’ll ask for half of everything.”

 

“You used my name.”

 

“Prove it.”

 

Vivian took his arm.

 

“Come away, Callum.”

 

“Elena gave us your messages,” I said.

 

“Messages can be misunderstood.

 

A verification code cannot.”

 

Graham’s phone rang before we reached the car.

 

He listened, thanked the caller, and faced me.

 

“The lender checked its system,” he said.

 

“The verification code was entered from your usual home address.”

 

“But I didn’t enter it.”

 

“Do you remember the date?

 

March fourteenth at eleven twenty-three at night?”