“Tell me something true,” his voice said from off-screen. Young, hopeful.
The third tape. A woman with short dark hair, freckles. She didn’t wait for the question.
Lena stared at her reflection in the dark TV screen. She heard the front door open. Marcus was home early. She heard him humming—that little tune he hummed while making pasta. The clink of his keys in the bowl. The soft pad of his footsteps. Girlfriend Tapes
“In here,” she called, her voice surprisingly steady. “I was just looking for a pen.”
Lena held up a pen. “Right where you left it.” “Tell me something true,” his voice said from off-screen
One night, after three glasses of wine and a half-formed suspicion she couldn’t name, Lena guessed the code. 0912. Her birthday.
“I’m afraid of being alone,” Marcus said. A woman with short dark hair, freckles
She looked at the drawer. The remaining tapes. Four, five, six. Each one a woman who had loved him. Each one a woman who had tried to leave.
GIRLFRIEND TAPES.