However, the seed of doubt, once sown, proved difficult to uproot. Heather couldn’t help but observe Jackie with a more critical eye in the days that followed. Every smile, every interaction, now seemed to carry a hidden weight. Katherine’s words echoed in her mind, challenging her trust and forcing her to question what she thought she knew about Jackie.
So Heather decided to watch Jackie more closely. And it didn’t take long before she started to note peculiar behaviors herself. One day she caught Jackie staring at family photos with a strangely intense look. When Jackie noticed that Heather was watching her, she jumped up a little bit, clearly startled by her presence. “Oh Heather”, she had said: “What a beautiful family you have”.