Chapter 4

At 2:17 in the morning, Mark sent me a voice message.

For the first eight seconds, there was only his breathing.

Then he said, “I listened.”

His voice broke.

“I heard the breath she took before she said please. I didn’t hear it that night. Or maybe I didn’t want to.”

There was another long silence.

“I would give anything to go back. Please, Claire. Call me. Let me explain.”

I deleted the message without answering.

Mark finally wanted to answer Emma.

He was three days too late.

The next morning, I called a divorce attorney. Four days later, Mark…