When I drove down the lane to our cabin I could see a vehicle parked in front. I didn't recognize it. I drove past it and to the rear. I got out, opened the barn door, and then parked my van inside. Pulling the door shut I walked around to the front to check out the car. From a sticker on the windshield I could see it was a rental. When I went into the kitchen in the rear I was quiet. I was home earlier than she assumed I...

After only a few minutes on the road I turned around and drove back down the gravel road into the hollow where we lived. I tried to pull in quietly as I put the van in the barn. Then I waited a little longer, hoping Jessica would think I wouldn't be back for a long time. It had been a week. I'd tried to catch my wife playing with her friend online but I'd been unsuccessful. I don't know if I'd just been unlucky or perhaps...

It was early afternoon. I had been delivering some pottery to customers around the area. My wife and I had a small business out of our home. I had told Jessica that I'd be home around six in the evening but the trip had been quicker than I expected and I was arriving home two hours earlier than that. I parked the van in the barn. Then I got out and walked over and entered the kitchen through the back door. It was open as...