The black snake wound itself around the red one again. Don't be mad, Mommy. Once the pendant turns completely red, everything here will be ours...
I handed Virginia off to the nanny and went to Clement Sanchez's study alone.
The moment the door clicked shut behind me, my legs gave out and I sank to the floor.
Clement Sanchez had been nothing more than a low-level employee at a research institute I'd invested in. When I was trapped in a fire, he risked his life to save me.
With his persistent effort, we married quickly.
Our marriage was stable, and we had our daughter, Virginia.
I used to think I was the luckiest woman alive.
I never imagined that all of it was a lie.
Forcing myself to stay composed, I searched for evidence to confirm my suspicions. Sure enough, I found a backup phone behind the bookshelf, no passcode set.
Back when we first got married, he'd left all his devices unlocked to put me at ease.
I'd been so moved by his openness that I never once checked them. It turned out the more loyalty he performed, the more he had to hide.
I took a deep breath, opened his messages, and typed in "babe" as a search term. A familiar profile picture popped up almost instantly.