"After all, marriage was for 'better or for worse,' right?" Wallace whispered to his wife, and nuzzled her neck fondly. Mabel who giggled like a little girl and nestled herself deeper into his arms on their bed. It was similar to a game they liked to play sometimes. The couple had just been discussing how they had to call Eddy and have a conversation with him about how he had been treating his new wife … behind closed doors.
Eddy had thought that he was the smartest and that no one knew of his intentions and how he handled Ella when they were alone. He was almost like when a kid hides something behind his back while standing in front of an adult. To the child's world view, there would be no way that the adult could 'find' it.