A wife discovers her husband has betrayed her again and again, and a strange force begins turning every new affair into a year stolen from his own life. As his years slip away with each infidelity, she must decide how far the reckoning should go.
Adrian, you promised you'd stay. We were just getting started. Police cordoned off Blackwood Estate within the hour. Preliminary findings. Cardiac arrest. No visible trauma. No evidence of foul play. Security footage showed that the last person with physical contact before Adrian collapsed was
By the time the household gathered in the living room, Sienna's eyes were swollen. I don't understand what happened. We'd only been married seven days. I hadn't even...
I wasn't ready for any of this. She started crying softly. A few of the more distant relatives watched her with visible sympathy. Everyone assumed she was just a widow.
Young, grieving. I got Noah and Lily settled upstairs, then came back down. You don't have to worry. Sienna looked up.
What? Adrian left you a life insurance policy. I set my tablet on the coffee table. Five million dollars. More than enough to take care of yourself.
The room went quiet. Richard's eyes narrowed. What policy? Signed on Christmas Day. Adrian is the policyholder. The sole beneficiary is Sienna Every look in the room shifted. From sympathy to something else entirely.
What exactly are you implying? Are you accusing me of something, Evelyn? I didn't answer. Richard picked up the contract. Married less than a week, insured for five million immediately, and now he's dead.