Julian knew exactly what was happening to me.
He might have arranged all of it from the very beginning.
But one word kept circling in my mind.
“Vanessa’s already here.”
Who in the world was Vanessa?
Chapter 2: Out of Shape
I did not confront my husband that night.
I want you to understand why, because it’s the whole reason I’m alive and free to tell you this.
I am a forensic accountant.
I have spent eighteen years finding the one lie hidden inside ten thousand honest-looking numbers, and the first thing my career ever taught me was this: when you discover the fraud, you do not tip off the people committing it.
You stay calm.
You gather everything.
And you let them keep believing they’ve won right up until the moment they haven’t.
So I lay down next to Julian that night, the man who had just been recorded arranging my drugging, and I said goodnight, and I even let him kiss my forehead, and I did not sleep for one single second.
