He thought I was calling to prove how obedient I could be. “Good,” he said. “Obedience makes everything easier.” He didn’t know about the silent connection counting down ninety seconds, or the camera disguised as a smoke detector above his head, or the attorney who’d installed it three days before our wedding because I’d finally said my fears out loud. Derek had never asked about my scarred knuckles or the championship photo on my office wall; he knew my inheritance, not my right hook. When he called his mother on speaker, demanding instructions, her voice came through crisp and certain: “Get her signature tomorrow. Once the assets are transferred, no one will care what happens inside your marriage.” I pressed record. His eyes met mine as the words landed, too late. Ten minutes later, blue and red lights painted the walls, and the story he thought he was writing began to colla… Continues…
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