The bus slowed for the next stop. I picked up my bag and stood.

Karl stood too. “You made the right decision. We’ll get off here, go to the airport, and then—”

“No, Karl. Unless you’re coming with me to the nearest police station, I’m not going anywhere with you.”

“You wouldn’t… how could you? After everything I’ve done for you!”

I looked at him for a long moment—the man I had loved, the man I had married, the man whose death had nearly destroyed me.

“You did this for yourself. You just expected me to go along with it, but I won’t. I recorded everything, and I’m taking it to the police.”

The woman across the aisle started clapping.

The bus doors hissed open. I walked past Karl and headed down the aisle.

“Megan, please…” he called after me. “Don’t do this. Don’t destroy our chance to be happy.”

I stepped off the bus.

Across the street stood a police station. For a moment, I stood there shaking, my wedding ring suddenly heavy on my hand.

Then I walked.