CHAPTER 95

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POV: Maddison

There was laughter and loud music playing in the apartment I shared with my husband when I came back later that weekend to pack up the rest of my things.

It was such a contrast from the elegance and pristine quietness of Winston's estate that it threw me in a bit of shock coming back here.

I was wearing the trench coat I had first worn to see Winston because I didn't want to wear the expensive as hell designer outfits he had bought for me around my husband, to avoid him finding something to spin around and use against me.

I turned my key in the keyhole, partly expecting it to stay locked because I thought my husband would have changed the lock. But the door opened, to my genuine surprise.

There was the overwhelming stench of liquor coming from the kitchen and living room that made my eyes water. There was laughter and conversations going on and the grating sound of someone trying to talk over the loud music.

I was almost at the end of the hallway, half an inch fr