choking on D

ght with Monday morning sunlight. Her lungs dragged in air, but her

nie

. He emerged, tying his

ha

all silver scar near his chin-every detail was real. She reached for hi

pulled away. "Vic

around herself. "I th

re

ay

at, then checked his wa

to the bedside cl

lled for help when Daniel collapsed. The ambulance had reached him in time. But Victoria's inte

Had she changed the perso

down to kiss

rked back.

rrowed. "I

y ho

hy

tchen floor. Not after the hotel, the lie, the poison

aid. "I think I'm comin

n re

lightly, and picked up his jack

eas

cond she saw the husband she thoug

is arm fre

ont do

. She looked through the front window and saw him walking ba

the hall, and went st

owed. "What d

coff

d drank. Victoria's stomach seized. S

across the cou

the broken cup.

sor

ugh she'd thrown the coffee at him on p

as to

wasn

Victoria watched his fingers, searching for a tre

ing bizarre

kno

ant to te

ook he

to the bin. "I'm late now." He g

ough to shake the framed

from drinking it. But that didn't mean it had been poisoned. Maybe she was making connectio

hone

me lit th

ria f

r ankle, anger sharpened by hurt. In the first version, Lena had reached Daniel

answ

en

und sur

a

prained, but nothing's broken." Lena's vo

ant

want to

r eyes. "I'm sorry

breaking my shoe, or telli

ryth

right ab

swallow

le

us?" Le

es

he

fingers to her forehe

veni

kno

thought you'd be angry. I didn't think yo

oat tightened.

sing D

as going t

d at letting people ma

na ended the call bef

bin and dropped it inside. The porcelain clicked

. She searched the kitchen for anything that could explain the bottle. She checke

the car, gripping the steering wheel, but never got o

ed: Board meeting. D

ed: Did you dr

ared, vanished,

h

he screen. Her

g. For

onse cam

frighte

passenger seat. It bounced a

. The broken cup was gone. Daniel's coffee mug sa

ous version, Daniel came

tired, b

d grabbed his face betwee

re you

're

rse I'm

way, horrified by the relief flood

ou been

N

eyes a

tir

This time she let him. His thumb b

e dinner,

oing upstair

along the hall. She waited until his footst

sat upside down beside the sink. She pick

as lodged behin

stopped b

s label was half-hidden beneath a st

ISON stared

s untouched coffee-hi