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Just sat down, phone in hand, fork in the other. No eye contact. No warmth. Just silence and the dull clink of metal on ceramic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1824821\" data-uid=\"0adcc\">\n<div id=\"mgw1824821_0adcc\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\" data-template-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\">\n<p>\u201cDid you sleep okay?\u201d I asked, gently, like I hadn\u2019t noticed his distance for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t look up. \u201cFine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1824821\" data-uid=\"11c89\">\n<div id=\"mgw1824821_11c89\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\" data-template-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\">\n<p>I asked about the weekend plans\u2014there was a fundraiser, a raffle, a grill he once said he wanted. He gave a shrug, muttered something about being busy. His eyes never left the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Then the phone lit up. A name flashed across the glass. Carol. Smiling face, red hair, lips parted like she was mid-laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019s Carol?\u201d I asked, casually, though my heart thudded in my throat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColleague,\u201d he said, too fast. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a strategy meeting out of town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll weekend?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTill Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He kissed my cheek on the way out. It didn\u2019t feel like a kiss. It felt like a closing door.<\/p>\n<p>I watched him leave. The way he didn\u2019t look back. My coffee had gone cold. I didn\u2019t touch it.<\/p>\n<p>That afternoon, I returned to work. One of the units I managed was up for short-term rental. A new client was scheduled to sign the lease. I tucked the morning behind a tight smile and went on.<\/p>\n<p>And then she walked in.<\/p>\n<p>Carol.<\/p>\n<p>I knew her the second I saw her. Same red hair. Same knowing smile. The woman from the phone. She introduced herself with that bright, chirpy tone people use when they think the world is theirs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMila, right? I\u2019m Carol. Heard you\u2019re the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her handshake was firm, her nails a perfect pink. She was renting the apartment\u2014for a romantic weekend, she said. \u201cHe travels for work, but this weekend it\u2019s just us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I smiled. Professional. Calm. I handed her the keys with one hand.<\/p>\n<p>And in my coat pocket, I held the spare.<\/p>\n<p>By sunset, the sky was bruised with oranges and purples as I made a call. Carol\u2019s emergency contact, listed on the lease. Her husband.<\/p>\n<p>He picked up, his voice low and rough. \u201cHello?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Mila. I rented your wife an apartment. She\u2019s with my husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause. Then: \u201cWhen and where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight. I\u2019ll send the address.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At 8 p.m., we stood in the hallway, outside that door. He was stone still beside me, shoulders tense. I slipped the key into the lock and turned it.<\/p>\n<p>Inside was candlelight. Laughter. Skin. A tangle of lies wrapped in sheets.<\/p>\n<p>They looked up, startled. Frozen. Naked in more ways than one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarol,\u201d her husband growled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClay\u2014what\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My husband\u2019s mouth opened. Nothing came out. He looked smaller than I\u2019d ever seen him.<\/p>\n<p>I stepped forward. Looked Richard in the eye. \u201cRemember the prenup clause?\u201d I asked softly. \u201cThe one where the cheater pays?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face drained of color.<\/p>\n<p>I turned to go. My heels clicked against the floor like punctuation marks on the end of a story I was done writing.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later, the house is quieter. But I don\u2019t mind it.<\/p>\n<p>I painted the living room yellow. Bought new sheets. 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