For the past three months, every night when I lay beside my husband, I noticed a strange, nauseating smell… And every time I tried to clean the bed, he would get angry. Today, while he’s away on a business trip, I cut open the mattress—and what I found nearly made my heart stop

She pressed the power button.

Nothing.

The battery was long dead.

But that didn’t matter.

What mattered was—

Why was Emily’s belongings inside her husband’s mattress?

And then…

Memories began to surface.

Miguel’s business trips.

Los Angeles.

Chicago.

Dallas.

And two years ago…

He had said he was going to Dallas.

The same time Emily disappeared.

Ana began breathing rapidly.

She backed away, staring at the bed as if it were something alive.

“No… this isn’t possible…”

But everything…

Pointed in one direction.

5. The Terrifying Truth
Ana staggered out of the bedroom.

She needed air.

She needed to think.

She needed… to get away.

But as she reached the hallway, she stopped.

A thought struck her.

If Miguel had really done something to Emily…