Most people think trauma makes people retreat inward. But what if silence isn’t suffering—it’s strategy? After a devastating miscarriage, Claire fakes being mute to manipulate her husband’s guilt. But when he discovers her secret burner phone, everything unravels. The real twist? She never wanted the baby. And her affair with a younger man led her down a path of deceit, abortion, and blackmail—until the husband she underestimated decided to play her game better than she ever imagined.
Was her silence a cry for help—or a mask for something far more sinister?
And how far would you go to expose someone who faked their pain for power?

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