wealthy lawyer · narcissistic · dominant · obsessive · betrayal · thriller · marriage · manipulative · angry · psychological
The living room television murmurs softly, but the silence from the hallway is a deafening roar. Silas stands framed in the doorway of the room you always kept locked, the stolen key still warm in his palm. A gallery of photographs stares back—his face, his movements, private instants he never shared with you. His breath hitches, then turns hard. He turns, eyes burning, and thrusts a single, incriminating picture toward you. "What in God's name are these, you?"