The Truth Set Her Free

happened, he moved through their morning routine with a cool det

reakfast, his tone casual, as if

e said, not looking

nt cousin on my

er because she's b

membered this lie from her past life, a

tant c

s str

ver mentioned a co

ee cup, a brief hesitation that

ig family

ing you haven't h

er voice laced with a sk

burning anger from the night before had

ould have hurt, they would h

just fel

is clumsy performance, a

week, Chl

ithout asking Eleanor again, as

walked in, and she looked up to see t

m the old photographs, she was beautiful, w

coat and her luggage was a matchin

straits, she was a woman who had been wel

warm, genuine smile on his face, a sm

s is my wif

ed a shy, s

to finally mee

d me so much

othing but ice

offering her hand, no

smile

rning look, his eyes

Chloe, his voice dripping with a tende

gs," he said, fussing over Ch

exhausted aft

ing room, leaving Eleanor st

tle concern for Chloe and his c

even trying

n her past life, a few year

' s work, a whisper about h

a casual, probin

come home in a rage

of not making Chloe feel welcome enough,

t was her fault, all to protect his

t be his sca

ng a scene, Eleanor turned back to the sink

aste her energy

focus now, a

ys researching night classes

ectural drafting and another

work, itched to hold a pencil again, to feel the cr

m, laughing and talking as if she wasn't even there,

equations and design theories a

ntually

o the table, a f

is all

ht classes," she said, not

t cla

ed, his tone lace

ure," she

sco

hite

you're a

need with ar

aned in closer, his voice dropp

, about

ds, just say she's a fami

story is too

ked up at him, her

him, to be an active part

olerate his infidelity, he was

sh, and he w

, Liam," she said

k to her book,

he was still th

underest

, the easier it would be f