He had gotten a haircut.
And when I casually asked which hotel he had booked, he avoided answering.
That night, I barely slept.
By morning, suspicion had swallowed every reasonable explanation I tried to give myself.
So I did something I never imagined I would do.
I found the hotel reservation he had accidentally left open on our home computer.
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The resort was only three hours away.
My hands shook as I grabbed my keys.
I told myself I only wanted reassurance.
I wanted to find Daniel sitting alone beside a pool, relaxing exactly as he had described.
Instead, when I arrived, I spotted him almost immediately.
He looked nothing like an exhausted man escaping the world.
He was smiling.
Laughing.
And standing beside him was a beautiful young woman wearing shorts and a white top.