I remembered that Victor’s first wife had died several months before we met. He almost never spoke about her. He had only
told me that she had been ill for a long time. But what if her illness hadn’t been natural?
The thought terrified me. The more I tried to push it away, the more suspicious everything seemed. Victor’s secretive
personality. His first wife’s death.
The way he sent me out of the kitchen. The changing taste of my food. And most importantly, the fact that he never touched
the pie himself.