Julia watched with bated breath as Connor’s behavior shifted in subtle, unexpected ways. He was more cheerful lately—offering to do laundry, massaging her feet after work, suggesting movie nights with sudden enthusiasm. Normally, they would have comforted her. But lately, they made her feel unsettled.
Normally, these things would have made Julia happy, after all, this is every woman’s dream. But lately, she had been noticing something strange. A detail here, a scent there. Nothing loud or obvious. Just enough. Enough to make her wonder if she was missing something right in front of her.
At first it was frivolous and easily explainable. Until day, Connor came back home after yet another late meeting, and Julia caught a whiff of something that shook the ground beneath her feet…..