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With a smile, she turned and headed back to the resort office. I quickly sat down and opened the package. Emmit must have sent something for me. He knew how much I loved surprises.

A padded envelope was enclosed in the larger envelope. Opening it, I pulled out a phone that had a note attached to it. Who in the hell is this from? I read the note and swallowed hard.

Watch the video.

This is who you married.

Swallowing hard, I stared down at the phone. My hand shook as I swiped it open. The only thing on the phone was the photo app. Opening it, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath as I hit play and opened my eyes again.

The video showed Emmit at what looked like a club. He was sitting alone, but then a girl walked up. My hand came up to mouth as I recognized the girl. It was Ashley’s friend, Cookie. You couldn’t make out what they were saying because of the music in the club. I couldn't pull my eyes away as I watched Emmit push her hair behind her ear. He grabbed her by the neck and pulled her to his lips. Taking out his wallet, he pulled out a condom and tossed it onto the table. My heart pounded in my chest as I continued to watch. It was obvious Cookie had Emmit’s dick in her hand. It appeared she was about to climb on top of Emmit when the video stopped.

I quickly stood up and dropped the phone as I walked toward the water. My heart felt as if someone was squeezing it and I couldn’t breathe.

When was that taken?

Was it before we got back together or after?

Pressing my hands onto my face, I let out a frustrated cry. No! It was not taken after we were together. I knew in my heart Emmit would never cheat on me. Dropping my hands, I looked out over the crystal-clear turquoise water.

How in the hell did Stephanie find us? No one knew we were here besides Todd and Ashley. Emmit had sent them both text with the information the day after we arrived.

As I spun around, I walked back to the phone. Reaching down, I grabbed my dress and pulled it over my head and then snagged the phone and headed back to the resort.

Landy smiled when I walked up to her. I tried my best to not act like a crazy, jealous wife. “Landy, who gave you that package?”

“A courier. She said it was important that you got it right away.”

A lump formed in my throat. “It was . . . a woman?”

“Yes, it was.”

I looked all around as fear raced through my body. “W-what did she look like?”

“Oh, I didn’t really pay that much attention, Mrs. Lewis.”

My head snapped back to Landy as I glared at her. “Did she have blonde hair? Dark hair?”

“She um, well it was blonde. It was pulled up in a baseball cap, but I could see blonde peaking through.”

My hands came up to my mouth as tears formed. I quickly spun around as I looked at everyone.

“Stephanie . . .”

“Mrs. Lewis, are you okay?”

I slowly shook my head as I wrapped my arms around my body and cried.

My body flinched as Emmit hurled a vase across the room and it shattered in a million pieces.

“Tell me how in the fuck she found out where we were Todd!” Emmit screamed into his phone.

Chris had already called Emmit back to say he was trying to get the local police to check video footage at the airport, but as far as they were concerned, someone giving me a phone was not a crime.

“No, that’s not a good enough answer. I want you to figure out if she hacked into your email and found out. Fuck, for all I know she has a fucking tracking device on my goddamn phone.”

I pulled my knees up to my chest and buried my face. The image of the video played over and over in my mind, even though I tried to like hell to remove it. Emmit told me everything. It was the night of the dinner party, the day before the race at Texas Motor speedway last April. Emmit and I weren’t together then, and he assured me nothing happened. I believed him and figured that was why the video stopped when it did. Just seeing another woman on him and touching him made me sick to my stomach. I needed to forget it and realize none of that mattered.

“Addie?”