“I know that now.”

Those five words landed heavily between us.

She had spent months not knowing what was true about the man she’d married.

Mariana placed another page on the table.

It was a photograph of the note Chloe had taped to the refrigerator: HOUSEHOLD REQUESTS MUST BE APPROVED BY EVELYN.

“I tried to make peace.

I tried to stay out of the way.

Then I found the property document in the printer.”