Drowning in His Lies

I was the quiet wife, the one who cared for his dying mother while Zack built a secret shrine to his college sweetheart, Josie. In my past life, I died twice—once in the freezing churn of the Snake River while Zack saved her, and again in a hospital bed when he pulled my oxygen tube to cover his tracks. But the river has a long memory, and so do I. Reborn into the very moment the floodwaters rise, I’m no longer the submissive woman they can discard. Zack thinks he’s the hero of this story, and Josie thinks I’m her stepping stone, but they’ve forgotten one thing: I’ve already seen the end of this life, and this time, I’m the one who decides who sinks and who swims.