When I arrived at the house, it was desolate and neglected. The air was thick with dust and abandonment, yet I called the number again, hoping to hear Kate’s voice. As her voicemail played, I noticed something odd—recent footsteps in the dust, and clean glasses on a dusty shelf. Someone had been here recently.
Still haunted by the experience, I went to Amanda and Kyle’s home. They greeted me warmly, sharing that they were preparing to travel to Israel for a medical treatment that could help Amanda walk again. As I congratulated them, something caught my eye: a pair of slippers by Amanda’s bed. Amanda couldn’t walk—so why would she need slippers?
Later that day, I received a call from the detective handling Kate’s case. He informed me that there was new evidence: Kate’s car had been tampered with, suggesting that her accident may have been staged. Even more shocking, Amanda’s life insurance policy had been changed shortly before Kate’s death, making her the beneficiary.
This revelation made my head spin. As I searched through Kate’s belongings, I found a strange email address and password written in her notebook. Logging into the account, I discovered photos of me and Amanda—evidence of an affair we had a year earlier, a mistake we had tried to forget. Kate had known about it all along.
With this new information, I couldn’t help but suspect Amanda was hiding something. I went to confront her and Kyle, only to find their house empty. Desperate for answers, I traced Amanda to a nearby bank where I found her speaking to the manager. In a brazen move, I spilled coffee on her to see her reaction—and to my shock, she leaped to her feet. She wasn’t immobilized.
It wasn’t Amanda. It was Kate, alive.
Before I could confront her, the police stormed the bank and arrested Kate and Kyle. Detective Johnson revealed their entire scheme: Kate had discovered the affair and, with Kyle’s help, had planned to fake her own death, kill Amanda, and collect the life insurance. Their plan was to frame me for Amanda’s death.
As I watched them being taken away, the weight of everything crashed down on me. Kate’s betrayal, the affair, and the twisted web of lies left me broken. Nothing in my life would ever be the same.
I had lost everything—my wife, my trust, and my sense of reality.