Three Suitcases Arrived on Claire’s Porch—Then a Police Call Exposed What Her Husband Had Promised Without Asking Her

For a moment, Claire thought the conversation might be finished.

Then he said, “I could still move your desk upstairs if it gave us more options.”

She closed the laptop.

“No.”

“I meant generally.”

“You are still offering the same room.”

Mark looked toward the stairs.

Claire stood.