Strange Encounter

To pretend any more would lead to heartbreak

"You must tell him I'm your husband!"

William's words were so commanding that Michelle had no choice but to obey him. After all, who would know the difference? But suddenly the unexpected happened and she was caught in a terrible trap.

What had gone wrong, she wondered miserably. One moment she was returning home from a carefree vacation; the next she was playing the lead in some incredible charade.

But there was no backing out now. She was committed to a stranger whose life was cloaked in secrecy.

And events led her into a labyrinth too complex to comprehend.