Chapter 27

SEAN. Not returning home would have brought on more suspicion, so I was forced to come back. However, my wife seems to have changed. She is withdrawn, and usually, when I refuse to have breakfast with her and Finn, she's come to plead with me. Now, she's staring intently at her phone, seemingly lost in a universe where I no longer exist to her. Might this be because I refused to give her some money? It was her fault around the car over. There is no reason why I should have to give her money to get some random man's car fixed. My phone beeps in my pocket and I pull it out to see who it is. My heart thuds in my chest as I see Sarah's name flashing across my screen. I fumble with the phone and it slips out of my grasp, hitting the ground with a crash. My gaze inadvertently rises and I find Anna watching me with dark eyes. She tracks my every movement as if she can see right through me, read into my heart and see the things that lie inside—my waning affection for her and my growing l