Mason had snuffed out his cigarette and was looking out the window by the time Zoe got out of the bathroom. He didn’t turn his head around when he heard footsteps behind him.

Putting his phone on the bar counter, he said softly, “Lockwood Corporation has tens of thousands of employees and most of its business in Brookesville. You know very well that I can’t move to Silvercrest. I can’t just uproot my company!”

He probably found out about her plans, Zoe thought.

Walking over, his back was still turned to her when she checked his phone for a few seconds before putting it back down.

“You knew.”

“Do you want to know what I know?” Turning to the side, he looked at her and asked gently, “I know that you don’t love me and that you want to leave me. Have you given some thought to it and decided this was the most unprovocative way to leave me?

“You counted on our marriage going stale and taking our kid with you when I no longer cared about our family. Is that it?”

She didn’t deny it.