For years, our country house was our retreat. My husband and I planted flowers, harvested vegetables,<\/p>\n
and escaped the city\u2019s noise. But lately, he always refused to go\u2014claiming work, fatigue, or errands.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t question it until a neighbor casually said, \u201cI saw your husband at the country house yesterday.\u201d My heart froze. He had told me he was at work.<\/p>\n
The next weekend, when he again declined, I followed him. His car sat by the country house. My pulse raced as I entered. <\/p>\n
The familiar scent of pinewood was gone, replaced by a heavy, strange odor. His workbench, once messy with garden tools,<\/p>\n
now held unusual objects. On a table lay papers covered in symbols, sketches, and notes.<\/p>\n
Old photographs\u2014some of us, others of strangers\u2014were pinned to the wall, some marked with strange lines.<\/p>\n
The floor creaked. My husband emerged from the shadows, pale at my presence. \u201cPlease\u2014it\u2019s not what you think,\u201d he whispered.<\/p>\n
When I asked what it was, his voice trembled: \u201cIt\u2019s research. I\u2019ve been studying things I don\u2019t fully understand. I didn\u2019t<\/p>\n
want to involve you until I knew more.\u201dIn that moment, I realized this wasn\u2019t betrayal\u2014it was a secret life we now had to face together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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