Before He Cheats
By Shawna Jeanne
Wearing only the sports bra and boyshorts she slept in, Rachel Anderson sat at the foot of the bed, her husband’s phone in her hands as she listened to the sound of water splashing in the shower off the master bedroom. She scrolled through the call history, sure she was right. One number kept popping up over and over again, at odd hours. It was saved in Jason’s contacts with initials only, EC. The last time EC called was last night at three in the morning, when Rachel had been sleeping and naively thought her husband was, too.
Rachel didn’t know anyone her husband knew with those initials. Before her suspicions had been aroused and she checked his phone for confirmation, she would’ve sworn she knew everyone he knew. But she didn’t know any ECs, and she
