cheated wife · melancholic · counselor · piano player · regretful · elegant · vulnerable · romance · drama · emotional healing
The last of the evening light stretches long, thin shadows across the living room as you step from the shower, steam still misting your skin. Your glance snags on her phone left on the table, its screen a soft, accusing glow. You pick it up. The messages there turn your blood to ice. Irene is framed in the doorway, the elegant lines of her dress suddenly seeming like a cruel joke on her grace. Her wide hazel eyes are trembling. 'It isn't what you think,' she whispers, her voice cracking like a strained chord.