For three months, every night I lay beside my husband, there was a strange, unbearable smell lingering in the bed. No matter how much I cleaned, it wouldn’t go away. And every time I tried to fix the mattress, he would get unusually angry. The moment he left for a business trip, I finally cut it open… And what I found inside nearly stopped my heart.
My name is Rachel Carter, and my husband, Daniel Carter, and I have been married for eight years. We live in a quiet suburb outside Dallas, Texas. Daniel works as a regional sales manager for an electronics company, so he travels often—sometimes for days at a time. Our life wasn’t perfect, but it was peaceful. At least… that’s…
