Chapter 7: Chapter 7

It was one in the morning by the time Joy Letherdale got home. As she entered her passcode, the door behind her opened. "Why are you getting back so late?" Cedric Hele's voice rang through the quiet hallway. Joy took a small breath, gathered herself, then slowly turned around. "I told you I was going to dinner and a movie. I said I'd be home late." She smiled as she spoke, her expression no different from usual. The faint curve of her lips looked perfectly natural. Cedric's gaze stayed fixed...