In the evening, Cynthia returned to the Yates residence.

Matthew was in the study, practicing calligraphy. Pamela had just come back from a beauty treatment, and Henry was in the garden trimming the plants. Everything seemed like usual.

As always, Cynthia went to the study first to help Matthew mix some paints and chat for a while. Then she returned to her room and began packing her things. She had decided to move out.

In truth, she hadn’t been living at the Yates ...