“She was editing the photos two nights ago and found something in the background of one of the shots. Samuel, two hours before the ceremony, behind a tree along the garden wall. With a woman who wasn’t Diane.” He paused. “The woman wasn’t even on the guest list.”Silence on the other end.
Then Marcus, quietly: “He’s not just a cheat. He had this planned from the beginning.” “The cash gifts,” Ray said. “The joint account. The quick engagement.” He said it the way you say things you already know, just to hear them out loud, just to make them real. “Diane filed for divorce four days after the wedding. I couldn’t reach Samuel all day yesterday.”