I left my wife outside in the freezing cold because my sister yelled, “That woman is using you”; when I opened the balcony door I found a fingerprint, a cigarette butt and an unfinished letter, but what destroyed me the most was knowing who those $8,000 were really for.

he turned the lock.

At 3 a.m., he woke up with a horrible feeling. He reached out and touched Nora’s cold pillow. The room was dark, but through the curtain, he saw a shrunken shadow on the balcony.

He got up to open the door for her. Then he saw something that froze his blood.

From the apartment door to the balcony there was a wet trail, as if someone continue reading …