Gemotions

The discovery left her feeling a profound sense of isolation. The account she didn't know about. All the secrecy. He’d always been a private person, but this felt different. She’d found it while looking over the household accounts.

She went for a walk, the fresh air doing little to ease the feeling of dread that had settled in her stomach. The trees whispered in the wind, but it was just white noise.

When she returned, he was waiting for her. He looked at her, his expression a carefully crafted mask. "We need to talk," he said, and she knew, with a certainty that chilled her to the core, that nothing would ever be quite the same.