After that night, the tension between them eased, just slightly. At work, a colleague or two mentioned him in passing — kindly, without knowing anything.
Then someone thrust a phone in front of the group. "You have to see this — it's all over the news near my neighborhood."
Joanna looked at the screen. A tabloid headline: "Father-in-law and daughter-in-law caught by husband." Below it, a video of a man attacking both of them while onlookers filmed.
The comments were already piling up.
A: [That woman has no shame.]
B: [You can't blame everything on her — the man's the one who went after his own daughter-in-law. He's the shameless one.]
Ms. Blair stepped out and told everyone to get back to work. The chatter died immediately.
Joanna sat at her desk and stared at nothing. The small, fr
