***Dangerous Smiles***

Dinner started like it always did. The maid served roasted chicken with vegetables. The children talked about their day. Daniel checked his phone between bites.

Normal. Routine. The performance of family life.

Emma sat in her chair picking at her food. Not hungry. Her stomach still full of butterflies from this afternoon. From Robert's hands on her skin. From feeling alive.

Her phone buzzed in her lap. Under the table. Hidden.

Emma glanced ...