SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE

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SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE

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When he came home from his business trip

He set down his suitcase and brief case

Surprised she wasn't at the door to welcome him home

Instead she was sitting at the dining room table

Which was covered by print outs of pages  

His intimate conversations with his girlfriend

The one he had just spent a fun weekend with

There were printouts of his ads on dating websites

Bills from hotels and motels too

She hit play on her phone and her voice asking the receptionist

At his job where his business meeting was being held filled the silent room

The receptionist answered that there was no business meeting 

But he would be back in the office on Monday

At first, he tried to pass all this off as nonsense

But the fact that he had been exposed for what he was

That was obvious to both of them

Fury overtook him

How dare she check on him?

Why would she ruin everything like this?

Create a crisis, tear off his mask

He went for her throat

She went to the floor where he only released his grip

When the strength in his hands failed him

After the light had gone from her wide eyes

She thought she was safe

But she was not

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