I was stirring a pot on the stove when a knock rattled the front door. A uniformed officer stood there, his face tense. “Sir, your wife was in a serious car accident about an hour ago.” The words stole the air from my lungs. “No—that can’t be true. She’s upstairs, asleep.” The officer’s brows drew together. I led him up the stairs, my pulse hammering. When we reached the bedroom, he froze. His hand drifted toward his sidearm. “Sir,” he said in a hushed voice, “please step back. That’s not your wife.” I was sautéing onions in the kitchen when the knock came. At first, I thought it was the neighbor asking for sugar again, but when I opened the door, a uniformed police officer stood on the porch, his face grave.
“Sir, are you Mr. Daniel Wright?” he asked.
“Yes,” I said, already feeling unease crawl up my spine.
“I’m afraid your wife, Emily Wright, was in a serious car accident about an hour ago.”
The wooden spoon slipped from my hand and clattered onto the tile floor. For a moment, I couldn’t breathe. My wife had kissed me goodnight barely half an hour earlier. She had a migraine and went upstairs to rest while I cooked dinner.
“That’s impossible,” I managed to whisper. “She’s upstairs asleep. I can take you to her right now.”
The officer’s brow furrowed. “Sir, could you show me?”
With shaking hands, I led him up the stairs, heart pounding in my chest. Emily’s silhouette lay beneath the comforter, her breathing soft and steady. Relief flooded me for a split second, until I glanced at the officer. His hand had moved subtly toward his holster.
“Sir,” he said in a low, measured tone, “please step back. That’s not who you think it is.”
The words struck me like ice water. I froze, torn between rushing to my wife’s side and obeying the commanding edge in his voice. The officer took a careful step forward, eyes locked on the figure in the bed. My own breath caught in my throat as confusion and terror mingled.
How could Emily be in two places at once?
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