My Pregnant Husband Told My Marine Father I “Earned” Every Bruise—Then a Sound Came From the Locked Room Behind Him
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Chapter 1 - The Game Went Black
The television went black before Derek understood that someone else had entered the room.
Master Sergeant Frank Vance yanked the game-console power cord from the wall with one sharp movement.
The controller vibrated once in Derek’s hands.
Then silence swallowed the cluttered living room.
Sarah froze halfway toward the floor.
Eight months pregnant, barefoot, and exhausted, she still held the white cloth Derek had ordered her to use on the sticky wooden floor.
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Frank looked past the open pizza boxes, scattered laundry, and empty glasses.
His eyes stopped on the bruise above Sarah’s elbow.
