My wife's body carried three distinct DNAs.

My wife was raped on her way home last night.

She said there were two attackers.

But the DNA results showed three men’s profiles inside her.

And I hadn’t been with her that night.

The phone rang, jolting me awake.

A glance at the digital wall clock in the living room showed it was almost one in the morning.

Eleanor wasn't home yet.

The unknown number kept ringing relentlessly.

In the dead silence of the night, the ringtone ripped through the air, jarring and shrill.

My heart pounded with an unsettling dread as I answered.