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entire afternoon at a spa, last Wednesday and Friday when they’d gone to lunch, and while Camille didn’t know it yet, two more would be going out from her to William two days from now on Thursday morning, times when Paige would either be out on business all day or would have moved back home, and William would be responding to each of them. Paige had known about this particular Internet feature for a while and knew she was taking a huge chance that Camille might come straight home from each of the places they’d gone last week and sign into her email. But just as Paige had thought and hoped, Camille hadn’t. So once everyone had gone to bed on each of those nights, Paige had tiptoed into Camille’s office, printed copies, and deleted all evidence.
    “I’ve never seen these messages a day in my life,” Paige heard Camille trying to explain, and Paige hoped her deep thoughts hadn’t caused her to miss anything.
    Pierce laughed out loud. “My God, Camille, what do you take me for? A complete fool?”
    “No, but I really don’t know who sent these.”
    “Do you see your email address on all of them? Those that you sent out as well as those you received back? Do you?”
    “No…I mean, yes. I mean, I see them, but what I’m saying is that I didn’t send them. I don’t even know anyone named William.”
    “You are such a liar, Camille. You’re a lying whore.”
    “What? Why are you calling me that? And why are you doing this?”
    “Because the proof is right here, Camille. It’s staring us straight in our faces. And you even had the audacity to tell him how no man, not even I, had ever made you feel the way he does. Then there was another note where you basically bragged about the fact that I thought you were at a church meeting when you were really laid up with him at a hotel.”
    “But none of this is true, baby. I swear. I swear on our children’s lives.”
    “You’re a real piece of work, you know that? I mean, I can’t believe you would actually sit here, swearing on PJ’s and Crystal’s life, knowing good and well you’re guilty. Unbelievable.”
    “But I didn’t do anything. I would never, ever sleep around on you, Pierce, and you know that. I would never even talk to another man on the phone. Not unless it was family- or business- related.”
    “Oh yeah? Then why do a number of the messages say you have been calling him?”
    “I don’t know, but it’s not true. You can even check my phone if you want.”
    Pierce laughed again, his tone markedly cynical. “Oh, like you don’t know how to delete phone calls, I guess.”
    “I’m telling you, this is all a big mistake. These are all lies.”
    “Well, if that’s true, then where did these messages come from? And how did someone so miraculously send them back and forth from your email address?”
    “I don’t know. It must be some sort of mistake.”
    “Okay, let’s just say it is. I know it isn’t, but just for the sake of conversation. If it’s a mistake, why would someone randomly choose you and your email address and then purposely send them to me at the bank?”
    “I don’t know.”
    “I mean, who hates you so much that they would try to harm you like this?”
    “I don’t know. But what I’m telling you is that none of this is true. These are all lies, and I have no idea why this is hap—”
    “You know what?” he said, interrupting her. “Just save it, Camille. Save it for someone who’s crazy and naïve enough to believe you. I knew when you started spending all that time away from home there was someone else, but I just didn’t want to accept it.”
    “Pierce, please. Baby, you have to believe me,” Camille begged in tears, and Paige stood near her doorway smirking and loving every bit of it.
    “You make me sick,” he said. However, Paige was surprised to hear tears in his voice also. “After all the years we’ve been together, Camille. After all the years I’ve gone out of my way to prove how much I love