Chapter 50

• Instructions are clear. You get home before he does, so you’re instructed to put on the lingerie he requested, a pastel pink teddy and matching boy shorts, and wait for him at the door.
• Every second that passes feels like an eternity and at some point you realize that he should be home already. You wonder if he’s making you wait on purpose...upping the anticipation. If that is what he’s doing, it’s working.
• Finally, he takes mercy on you. Matthew walks through the door and doesn’t make eye contact, slipping his finger through the knot of his tie and pulling it loose. He places it on the counter before he sits down in his favorite chair.