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Happy Wife
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Chapters 25-35Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section includes discussion of substance use, cursing, and domestic violence.
Chapter 25 Summary
In a flashback, due to Will’s busy work schedule, Nora begins to spend more and more time with Este and Beau. Although Nora is grateful to have them, she is also jealous of their easy intimacy and the fact that they get to spend all of their time together. When Nora returns home from these evenings, she walks by Will’s office, desperate for him to pay attention to her. He always keeps working.
One night, Nora, Este, and Beau are joined by Marcus, a local chef and childhood friend of Beau. Nora is instantly attracted to Marcus, who seems to reciprocate and invites her to visit his restaurant. That night, Nora does not walk by Will’s office, but goes straight to bed, waiting for him to come to her. She is furious when he does not.
Chapter 26 Summary: “Six Days After”
In the present, party-planner Autumn reveals that Constance was alone on the night Will disappeared, and that she felt like Nora dethroned her as Will’s wife by throwing a successful birthday party. Nora begins to suspect that Constance may have been involved in Will’s disappearance.
As Nora is apologizing to Este for their fight, police arrive with news that Will’s body was found in a nearby canal and identified by Fritz.
