Chapter 3 - THE WOMAN IN RED Melissa stepped from the hallway.
Emily recognized her immediately.
Brandon's junior executive.
The woman whose perfume Emily had smelled on Brandon's jackets.
The woman whose late-night messages Brandon had dismissed as "work."
Melissa wore a red dress.
Emily recognized it.
It had once belonged to her.
In Melissa's hand were silver scissors.
"Please," Emily whispered.
Melissa smiled.
"You should have listened to me when I told you to stay out of Brandon's business."
The scissors opened.
Snip.
A long lock of Emily's hair fell to the floor.
The room erupted with nervous laughter.
Someone raised a phone.
Someone else began recording.
Emily looked at Brandon.
"Please."
He didn't move.
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For the first time, Emily understood that the man she married had disappeared long before tonight.
Perhaps he had never existed at all.
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