A lonely woman marries a father of a kid and happily moves on from her dark past, but fate drives her into a dead-end when she accidentally meets her stepson’s carbon copy. Something she’d never imagined awaits her next.
It was a cold, breezy night, and as the piercing chirps of crickets shrilled through the air, Peggy panicked at the doorstep. “Where’s Alan, and why’s he not answering my call?” she cried. She heated the dinner and returned to the patio to wait for him.
Peggy knew Alan would be late from work. He used to return home at eleven at the max every night, but not beyond that. It was already half past twelve, and Alan had yet to come home. Peggy grew restless and called him again. “Where are you? Please pick up… pick up,” she cried…
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“Jesus, darling, what took you so long??” she exclaimed at seeing Alan enter the gate.
“I work overtime… Didn’t I tell you the other day?” he said. “I’m dead tired. Gonna sleep now.”
Alan’s behavior had changed a lot lately. He started coming home late from work on random days, and soon, it became a habit. He paid little to no attention to Peggy and his little son, Tom.
The last time when Peggy asked him, Alan was not upfront about his intentions and bluntly told her he was working overtime in the sawmill. But that didn’t make sense to Peggy because Alan’s salary was the same. There was no increment or overtime bonus.
“Is he lying to me? Is my husband seeing someone else?” Peggy was alarmed, but she did not make a scene. She feared it would aggravate the situation. Peggy didn’t want to be all alone again. She had come a long way from living a lonely life to being a wonderful wife and a doting mother to her stepson, Tom. She was not ready to lose everything all at once and relive her past.
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Peggy and her ex-husband, Thomas, tried to have a baby for years, but all their attempts were fruitless. She was diagnosed with fertility issues and even tried persuading Thomas to adopt a child. But he refused, and eventually, they divorced. Although Peggy moved on with her new life, Alan’s strange behavior became more suspicious day by day.
He was too exhausted to stay up and spend time with Peggy...
