Chapter 6 - ADRIAN'S PLAN HAD TWO OUTCOMES

Adrian planned for two possible stories.
If Evelyn never woke before cremation:
Tragic accident.
He would claim she secretly climbed into her mother’s coffin in a grief-induced breakdown.
Horrifying.
Unbelievable.
But with both bodies destroyed, proving otherwise would be difficult.
If Evelyn woke before the chamber:
Adrian planned to claim she was suicidal, unstable, and had hidden in the coffin herself.
That is why he had spent months creating a record.
Messages to friends:
Evelyn isn’t handling grief well.
Emails to a therapist asking for “concern about my wife.”
A note to family:
I’m scared she may hurt herself.
All sent before Margaret was supposedly dead.
He had built the narrative in advance.
Mara looked at Evelyn.
“He was laying groundwork.”
Evelyn closed her eyes.
How many nights had Adrian held her while quietly preparing to call her unstable?
That betrayal hurt differently than the affair.
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The affair destroyed love.
The plan destroyed reality.