Beyond Betrayal: Her Game Begins

few words, and my mother was obsessed with appearances and what the neighbors thought. David' s family was the opposite. They were loud, warm, and full of life.

how to let loose, and I helped him focus. We were two halves of a whole. It was never a question of if we would get together, only when. It happened the summer a

Davis. It was about a year ago. He had jus

rling the wine in his glass. "Very ambitious, a li

f it. A few weeks late

ight. "Grew up with nothing. She' s putting her younger brother

lliant marketing strategy." "Chloe stayed late to help me finish the qu

wn demanding career. I wasn' t the type of wife who packed his lunch or laid out his clothes. We had always bee

talking to one of his business partners when Chloe appeared at David' s side. S

e. Then she turned to me and smiled, a bright, empty smile. "He works s

e who took care of him, implying that I didn' t. I felt a flush of anger,

' s 60th birthday party. It was a huge deal, a party we had been plannin

stuck at the office. We' re on a

s birthday! She' ll be devas

as soon as I can. Chloe is staying to hel

pointment, but I could see it in her eyes. I called David' s pho

ce answered. C

hompson'

Is David there? Can I

flustered. "He' s, uh, in a very important

' clock at night? Let

he hung up, I heard David' s voice in the background. He wasn

a party, and I felt a profound sense of betrayal. He wasn't working. He

hing, of course. He called me crazy, paranoid, jealous. He twisted it all aroun

k now, sitting in the cold silence of our empty house, I realized the accident hadn't been the start