She stepped out onto the porch. The gravel bit her bare feet.
“The system has a timer,” Martin explained. “I set it years ago. I’ll disable it.”
She drove away.
Not Martin—he was too obvious, too honest in his sadness. No, she watched the house. The way the floorboards settled at 3:15 AM with a sound like a heel crossing the hall. The way the lake mist curled into the living room even when all windows were sealed.
Martin didn’t follow.
Martin’s.
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She was being replaced by a living man who couldn’t let go.