Her words went through him and left him dazed. What was she saying? That she was no longer in love? That she had found someone else? That she was planning on leaving by the end of the month? That she had drained their bank account and moved all the money to where he’d never find it? That she had been slowly poisoning him with the morning coffees that she so obligingly brought to his desk with a sweet smile that he now saw was a murderer’s mask? That she was pregnant and it wasn’t his? He slowed his heart down with great effort. No: she was just asking him where he had put the car keys. He breathed a sigh of relief but remained on high alert. You never knew.
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