Derek returned home only to find that Faye's things had all been moved out.
The house was eerily clean, as if there had never been a lady of the house.
"Madam said she'd be staying at the Whitmore Manor for a while, so she moved her stuff there for convenience," the maid, Jessica Wales, reported to Derek, though she already sensed this was a sign of their separation.
Biting his teeth, Derek couldn't contain his fury any longer.
He grabbed the baseball bat—the same one Faye had used to hit him—and began smashing everything he could in the bedroom.
Jessica quickly slipped away, fearing for her job.
As the house turned into a mess with nothing left to break, Derek threw the bat down in exhaustion.
The physical exertion, combined with his raging emotions, left him feeling almost out of
