For three years, Claire has lived inside a prison of her own guilt. The world believes her husband died by suicide, but Claire carries the deeper truth: it was her harsh final words that pushed him over the edge. Her punishment has been silence, isolation, and the unbearable weight of the secret she’s never shared.
Then, one morning, the boot appears.
It sits squarely on her porch—muddy, battered, and unmistakably identical to the one David was wearing the night he died. The very same boot she buried in a sealed bin three years ago.
Her fragile peace crumbles instantly. A cold, watchful new neighbor seems to track her every move with military focus. A photograph arrives in the mail, exposing a version of David she never knew existed. And her teenage daughter—her last anchor—begins looking at her with pity, cautiously suggesting that Claire might be unraveling.
Is Claire losing her grip on reality? Is something—or someone—haunting her? Or was David far from the victim she remembers, leaving behind secrets darker and more dangerous than she ever imagined?
As Claire digs desperately for answers, she realizes the boot is only the opening move in a far more twisted game. Someone is manipulating her life from the shadows—and the puppet master may be closer than she dares to believe.
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