A wife’s young son accidentally revealed that a mysterious woman had been visiting their bedroom while she was at work. Convinced her husband was hiding an affair, she set out to uncover the truth. What did she discover?
The house was still when I stood at the foot of our bed, folding a pile of Leo’s tiny T-shirts. On the dresser, my mother’s silk scarf lay coiled like a sleeping cat, still faintly holding the scent of her jasmine perfume three months after we buried her.
I lifted it to my face and breathed in, quick, before I could stop myself.
