I looked at my reflection in the mirror, my eyes red and my face pale, but my determination felt harder than steel.
“I am going to let Kyle believe he is still winning.”
When we came out of the room, Susan and Heather were still pretending to watch television, though I could see them staring at us with nervous, predatory curiosity. I walked my father to the front door, called a taxi for him, and wrapped him in a long, steadying hug.
“Just trust me, Dad,” I whispered, and he climbed into the cab without once looking back at the house that had betrayed him.
After the car disappeared from view, I returned inside, and my mother-in-law instantly turned toward me with poisonous interest.
“Has your father already left? The poor man looked like he was completely shaken up.”
I faced her with a calm I had not known I could summon.
“Yes, he left. Now, we just have to wait for Kyle to come home.”
As they smiled, completely unaware of the trap I was already building, I knew exactly how I was going to take apart their entire lives.
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