The Secret Door in the Master Bedroom

I had just landed at 2:00 a.m. when my smart mattress app sent an alert.

[Privacy Mode updated.]

[Dual-occupancy weight detected.]

[Sleep report upload paused.]

I froze.

Neither I nor my wife, Chloe, was home, and our housekeeper, Martha, was off for the week.

Who was sleeping in my bed in the middle of the night?

I checked the app again to confirm.

Then I dialed Chloe. "Chloe, you came back home? Why didn't you tell me?"

She sounded utterly confused. "Babe, do you miss me? But this project is huge. The earliest I can get back is tomorrow night."