The Fifth Valentine

Synopsis

By the fifth year of my marriage to Dylan Grant, he had once again elected to spend Valentine's Day with his childhood sweetheart, Rebecca Lane. That year, Rebecca's social media feeds had been relentless, three hundred and sixty-five updates in total, a meticulous chronicle that stretched from sunrise on a windswept beach to the hushed corridors of a late-night hotel. Friends and acquaintances offered the same weary consolation. "Valentine's Day is for lovers, sweetheart. Better to just let it go." But this time, there were no tears, no dramatic outbursts, and I certainly didn't waste the evening chasing his location history across the city. Instead, I simply had the locks changed.