My Heart Broke on that Rainy Night

Synopsis

It was two o'clock in the morning, pouring rain. Lillian Turner stood at the villa's entrance, staring at the warm glow spilling from inside. Jason Harper never left a light on for her, not once in ten years of marriage. As she pushed the door open, she heard a woman's giggles, a man's low grunts from upstairs drifting down. Halfway up the stairs, Lillian's high heel caught on her dress. At the end of the second-floor hallway, the master bedroom door was ajar. Lillian spotted Jason's shirt lying on the floor. She saw him with his arms around a woman she didn't know. And that woman was wearing Lillian's necklace, the one Jason had fastened around Lillian's neck on their third anniversary. "Why are you back?" Jason looked up, his tone distant, as if he were speaking to a stranger. Lillian didn't say a word. She turned and walked downstairs, each step deliberate, as if every step was on a razor's edge. She heard footsteps behind her as Jason hurried after her. "Let me explain." 'Explain what? Explain why he's wrapped around another woman? Explain why that woman is wearing the necklace he gave me?' Lillian thought. She didn't look back. The rain slapped against her face, icy and unforgiving. She sneered and remembered a night like this ten years ago, when Jason knelt on one knee in front of her and promised. "Lillian, you're the only one I'll ever love." When a car sped toward her, she didn't bother to dodge. Headlights flashed, brakes screamed, and then the impact slammed into her. As she lay dying in a pool of blood, she saw Jason standing in the doorway, not moving an inch.