“Before you spend another second blaming your wife for your broken life,” he said, “I’d look at who actually received the four hundred and twenty thousand dollars from your account.”

Desmond looked down at the bank record.

When his eyes found the name of the beneficiary, the last four years of his life collapsed around him.

Chapter 15 — The Beneficiary

The name across the top of the transfer was Junia Merrick.

The transaction had cleared on the eleventh of February — one day after Marlowe set her keys and card on the entry table.