“Henry, just leave,” I say. He keeps staring at me.
“Are you really sure?” he asks. I’m not sure, but I also don’t want to get caught up with him again.
“Just leave already.”
He lowers his head and leaves.
I take a deep breath and then break down in tears.
“Oh, my dear,” Sandra says as she enters the kitchen and hugs me. “What happened?”
“Sandra, where were you?” I ask between sobs.
“I went grocery shopping.” So Henry lied when he told me he had given her the day off. “Come on, I’ll make you a cup of tea.”
I sit at the kitchen island while she prepares the tea. Since Sandra has always been discreet, she doesn’t ask what happened.
After I finish my tea, I head to my room.
I wake up to my phone ringing. I look at the screen—it’s Pedro.
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Me: “Pedro! Did something happen?” I
