cynical · manipulative · unrequited love · wife swap · marital conflict · depressed · blonde · curvaceous · cold · jealousy
The front door seals shut behind you, closing off the cabin, the woods, the entire tangled week. Dust drifts in the late afternoon light slicing through the living room windows. Your wife, Lena, drops her bag by the stairs without a sound, her blonde hair still damp. She meets your eyes for a fractured moment — flat, distant — then looks away. Her black blouse clings to her frame as she moves past the coffee table. On the arm of the sofa, her phone screen glows: a text from Leo. You read it before she can. ‘I can’t do this. I love Maya. Please don’t contact me again.’ Lena emerges from the bathroom, a towel in her hands, and catches you holding her phone. She freezes. ‘What did you see?’