My husband's twin, my ruin
He spun on his heel and his frantic footsteps clicked down the hallway, fading fast.
The silence that rushed back into the room was heavy, suffocating, and ticking like a time bomb. I turned back to Cassie. She looked like a trapped deer.
The color had completely drained from her face, her eyes wide and glassy with a terrifying realization. The weight of her reality was crashing down on her all over again—she was a wife who had just discovered her five-year marriage was a calculated financial scam, and now her husband was marching up the stairs.
“He can’t see me here,” she whispered, her voice splintering. She looked down at her hands, which were shaking violently.