Thomas felt his heart race as he read Samantha's words, the chilling threat wrapping around him like a vice. In that moment, the weight of his predicament bore down on him even harder, the division between Delia and Samantha implying a conflict that had escalated beyond what he had ever envisioned.
Samantha’s warning echoed ominously in his mind. The flippancy with which he had approached his infidelity had ill-prepared him for the emotional storm he now faced, and he couldn’t help but feel he was in over his head. He took a deep breath, trying to quell the rising tide of anxiety threatening to spill over, but the anger he felt toward Samantha was quickly replaced by dread.
“Why can’t you just let me go?” he muttered to himself, pinching the bridge of his nose as if that would somehow
