Evasion and Deflection
Each time Mark pushed for clarity, Emily offered only vague, carefully chosen phrases. “It’s complicated,” she said when asked for more details. “I don’t want to drag you into it.” Her words were soft, almost apologetic, but they felt like a deflection. Instead of easing his mind, her cryptic tone only made Mark more suspicious. Her reluctance to be transparent created a fog of confusion around them.
Mark felt trapped in a web of half-truths and missing pieces. Every non-answer drove a wedge deeper between them. He couldn’t shake the feeling that she was hiding something serious. The more he tried to understand, the more elusive the truth became. Her secrecy transformed their home into a minefield, where every word exchanged felt like a trigger.
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