The Wife He Hid in the Kitchen

A member of the organization asked whether she wanted to change the introduction they had planned for her.

Lenore thought of Crispin telling her, that very afternoon, that he needed a woman with real presence.

She thought of Margery calling her, more than once, a temporary employee in her own home.

She thought of Georgina’s phone, always half-raised to record.

She thought of Odette’s hand resting on her husband’s arm.

“No,” she said.