Chapter 4

POV: Ethan

Ethan pulled into the driveway, exhausted from the two-day retreat, but smiling.

He had already mentally planned the apology he would give Nora for leaving her alone.

He would take her out to her favorite restaurant. They would talk about measuring the walls for the new children's reading room.

He unlocked the front door.

"Nora? I'm home!"

Silence.

The house was completely, suffocatingly silent.

Ethan frowned. He flipped on the hallway light. Her everyday shoes were missing from the entryway.

A faint unease prickled at the back of his neck. He quickly walked upstairs.

The bathroom counter was…