Inside the jacket
My wife came home from her business trip and found me in a compromising position with the nanny on our living room couch.
She exploded. She called her family. They dragged me outside, tying me to a tree in our courtyard for a public shaming.
"Leo Thompson, why?" Chloe wailed in front of everyone. "Was I not enough for you?"
Her intern, Alex, hit me with a branch. Called me scum.
I tasted blood and tears. I looked straight at Chloe. "Does this scene look familiar, Chloe? It's just like the day Lily died."
Chloe froze. "You... you remembered?"
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