A weekend in the Catskills: Rebecca had told him she was going alone, to a prenatal wellness retreat, to rest.

On that exact weekend, Vance had filed a business expense report for an investor conference — at the same resort.

Then a weekend in Miami, matching dates.

Then Charleston.

The same dates, the same boutique hotels, two entirely separate stories told to two entirely separate spouses, and only one set of facts underneath them.

Daniel stopped defending her somewhere around Charleston.