Beyond the Divorce by Third Blossom

Chapter 7 Looking for Evidence

I had almost finished preparing the food when Matthew returned with our daughter. Ava ran in, exclaiming in her sweet and childish voice, “Mommy, I’m back! Daddy picked me up!”

Her adorable voice brought tears to my eyes, but I suppressed my emotions. “I got you some pineapples. They’re your favorite, right?”

“Oh! Mommy, you’re the best! I can’t wait to eat them” She ran out and headed to Matthew, saying, “Daddy, I want to eat pineapples!”

“You can have a small piece for now. You can have more after dinner, okay?” Matthew washed his hands and took a small piece to hand to our eager little girl. Then he squeezed into the tiny kitchen and hugged me from behind. “Why did you make so much food?”

I felt terrible because this once-happy family of three was now on the verge of collapsing.

just came back from a business trip. You must be tired.”

playfully nudged him with my

When I finished cooking, I smiled and asked, “Do you want a drink? It’s

questioningly. “Why do you

get the wine. “Since I made so many

handle alcohol well, so I poured him a little to avoid arousing suspicion. Then I poured myself half a glass

to be in high spirits as I reminisced about our

poured himself another glass of wine while reminding me not to drink too much. Ultimately, he drank

pounding as it was my first time looking through his things in so many years. I finally realized how foolish I was to trust him.

pockets and bag but found nothing valuable.

but it had a fingerprint lock. I quietly approached him, trying to grab his hand, but he suddenly turned

need water,” he

it to him. Then he collapsed back onto the bed, fast asleep. I unlocked and looked through his phone but found no suspicious names in the call history.

he hadn’t been messaging many people. I opened the conversation of the