DAMIEN'S CONTRACT WIFE
It showed three people standing proudly outside Bennett Accounting many years ago (my father, looking younger and more vibrant, a woman I didn’t recognize, with sharp features and a confident smile, and another man whose face had been violently scratched out).
I turned the photograph over. There was nothing. No writing, no dates.
Silence filled the room as I stared at it, my mind racing through possibilities. Who was the woman? And why had someone gone to such lengths to erase the third person’s identity?
As I continued examining the photograph, I became acutely aware of Damien’s silence. I looked up and noticed he wasn’t looking at the picture, he was looking at me. His gaze had drifted low