Chapter 6

Eric's arrival made the air in the hospital room freeze.

Margaret and Emily looked at him like he was both their savior and their executioner, their faces twisted with a mix of hope and dread.

"Eric," Margaret said, her voice choked with sobs as she rushed to speak first. "You're finally here. Look at your wife. She... she actually wished me dead."

As she spoke, she pounded her chest, and the tears started flowing instantly.

Her acting was so good, it was almost a crime she wasn't winning awards in Hollywood.

Emily jumped in right away, pointing at me with…