Chapter 1
I drove three hours to surprise my husband on his "business trip" and found him in an Airbnb with another woman.
Sophia was the first one to react.
She pushed me hard against the doorframe and screamed that I was trespassing.
"Get out of here, you crazy wife!" she yelled.
Something snapped inside me.
I raised my hand and slapped her across the face as hard as I could.
She stumbled back, holding her cheek, eyes wide with shock.
Daniel just stood there in his dress shirt, looking between us like he couldn't decide who to defend.
I didn't give him time to choose.
I pushed past them both and grabbed his suitcase from the bed.
It was heavy, packed with his clothes and who knows what else.
I dragged it to the top of the stairs.
"What are you doing?" Daniel finally shouted, lunging toward me.
I didn't answer.
I lifted the suitcase and threw it down the staircase.
It bounced off the walls, spilling his things everywhere.
Sophia screamed.
Daniel stared at the mess, his face turning red with rage.
"You've lost your mind!" he yelled at me.
I walked back into the apartment and spotted something on the kitchen counter.
It was the Airbnb booking confirmation, printed out.
I picked it up and my hands started shaking.
The credit card used to pay for it.
It was our joint card.
The one we used for groceries and gas and our daughter's school supplies.
And then I saw the invoice history attached to the email.
This wasn't the first booking.
There were three others in the last two months.
Different dates.
Different cities.
Same credit card.
Same Airbnb host.
I looked up at Daniel, and for the first time, I saw real fear in his eyes.
He knew I'd found it.
He knew I'd seen the pattern.
And then I noticed something else on the counter.
A small jewelry box, open.
Inside was a necklace I'd never seen before.
May you like
With an engraving on the back.
It wasn't my name.
