Chapter 1
Claire woke up in the hospital and heard her husband lie to the police.
“Who was inside the house that afternoon?”
Ethan answered without hesitation.
“Just me and our daughter.”
Claire stared at him.
That wasn’t true.
She remembered Vanessa standing in their kitchen.
She remembered the warm milk.
And she remembered feeling her body suddenly become too heavy to move.
But before Claire could say anything, her four-year-old daughter climbed down from the chair.
Lily had barely spoken since the ambulance arrived.
She was still clutching her stuffed rabbit.
Still frightened.
Still watching her father.
Then the little girl pointed toward the inside pocket of his jacket.
“Daddy took the little bottle.”
Ethan’s face went completely still.
And in that moment, Claire stopped asking herself whether another woman had tried to hurt her.
A much more terrifying question took its place:
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Why was her husband hiding the evidence?
The answer would force Claire to question everything she thought she knew about her marriage.
