When I got home after a long day, I expected to find my wife, Elise, in the kitchen, maybe painting. But the house was eerily silent. I found her closet empty, as though she’d vanished. On the dining table was a bottle of floor cleaner with a note: *“Keep it shiny for the next one! Goodbye.”*
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