Married in Her Name
She stood at the threshold and looked.
Her body understood before her mind finished collecting details.
No mirror.
No bell pull near the chair.
No small table within easy reach.
The windows were tall, but their locks were new.
The curtains hung too perfectly, their hems stiff, as if chosen to imitate softness rather than create it.
Daniel’s gaze moved over hinges, latch, windows, walls.
Leah’s gaze stayed lower.
Near the inside edge of the open door, where the latch entered the frame, the white paint had worn thin from use. Or perhaps it had never covered properly. A narrow line of old color showed there, hidden except when the door stood open.
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