Chapter 3 - CaughtHis wife opened her mouth.
Nothing came out.
For the first time, she looked powerless.
The baby continued crying.
The sound seemed almost cruelly appropriate, filling the silence between the three adults.
“You're home,” she finally whispered.
He didn't answer.
His eyes moved from his wife to the nanny.
Then to the child.
Finally, he looked back at his wife.
“How long?”
She frowned.
“What?”
“How long have you been treating her like this?”
Her face hardened.
“You don't understand what happened.”
“I heard enough.”
The words landed heavily.
She immediately tried to defend herself.
“She made a mistake.”
“A mistake?”
His voice remained quiet.
That made it worse.
“What mistake justifies humiliating someone?”
The nanny lowered her eyes.
She didn't want to be the reason for a marriage collapsing.
But the husband had already understood something important.
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This wasn't about one argument.
It was about who his wife had become when she believed nobody was watching.
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