Chapter 4 - The Cloudy WaterBefore dawn, Sophie woke with her heart pounding.
Mark slept beside her.
She slipped into the kitchen.
The apartment was silent.
She opened the drawer.
The glass was still there.
But the water had changed.
It was cloudy.
Milky.
Thin strands floated beneath the surface like smoke.
Sophie lifted the glass toward the window.
Then she saw something beside the clasp.
A tiny metallic object.
No larger than a grain of rice.
A black dot sat in its center.
A lens.
Her breath stopped.
It wasn't jewelry.
It was surveillance equipment.
A voice came from behind her.
“You weren't supposed to find that.”
Sophie turned.
Mark stood barefoot in the doorway.
He wasn't surprised.
He was annoyed.
“What is this?”
“It’s not what you think.”
“You put a camera in my necklace?”
“I needed to know who you were talking to.”
Sophie stared at him.
“You were spying on me.”
“You’ve been acting strangely.”
“No. I've been saying no to you.”
His jaw tightened.
Then his hand slammed against the counter.
“You're my wife!”
The glass trembled.
Sophie stepped backward.
And suddenly she understood.
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The necklace wasn't a gift.
It was a trap.
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