It was a quiet morning at the office. Richard sat in his corner office, staring at the city skyline, his coffee untouched. The light of day filtered through the glass, but his mind was still in the dark.
Even after all the weeks of rebuilding trust with Ann and trying to be a good father, one question still haunted him.
How did it all happen?
How did he go from being so sure of Ann’s betrayal to realizing he had thrown away the woman who loved him?
And more importantly…
Who lied to him?
He knew now, in his heart, that Ann was innocent. Her pain, her tears none of it had been fake. And the more he looked back, the more cracks he saw in the story he had believed. And one name kept coming up. Victoria.
That afternoon, as Richard walked past the HR department, he noticed a former employ
