PART 2: “THE VIDEO MY SISTER RECORDED BEFORE SHE DIED… SHOWED MY HUSBAND ENTERING A HOTEL ROOM WITH SOMEONE I NEVER EXPECTED.”
My hands were shaking so badly I almost dropped the phone.
The screen flickered once.
Then the video began.
At first, all I saw was darkness and heard Claire breathing heavily, like she had been running. Then the camera shifted slightly, revealing a hotel hallway.
A timestamp glowed in the corner.
Three nights before my wedding.
My stomach tightened.
“Claire…” Megan whispered beside me.
The camera zoomed toward a hotel room door.
Room 814.
And then I saw him.
Ryan.
My husband.
Still wearing the silver watch I had bought him as a wedding gift.
He stood outside the room glancing nervously over his shoulder before using a keycard to enter.
My pulse stopped.
I couldn’t breathe.
But then someone else appeared behind him.
A woman.
Blonde hair.
Tall.
Elegant.
For one insane second, I thought he was cheating on me.
That would have hurt enough.
But then the woman stepped closer to the hallway light—
and I recognized her.
My mother.
The phone nearly slipped from my hands.
“No…” I whispered.
Megan covered her mouth.
“Oh my God.”
The video continued.
My mother touched Ryan’s arm intimately.
