Around the same time, Sarah received a message from Diane. It said: “I know you’ve been talking to people. I know what you’re doing. I want you to think very carefully about what happens next.” Sarah read it in the blue light of her phone at midnight. She took a screenshot and sent it straight to Sherry.
Tom found her still sitting on the kitchen floor twenty minutes after the message came. He didn’t ask questions. He sat down beside her, took the phone from her hand, and scrolled through everything. Then he stood up and said, “Remember what the attorney said. Document it, but don’t respond.”