That was one of the reasons the police had found the case so hard to crack.
Silas had been Julia's college classmate. They'd dated for five years, then been married for three.
For all eight of those years, he had treated her like she was the center of his world.
Every time Julia called me, she couldn't help gushing about him.
"Mom, Silas signed up for a cooking class today — just so he can make me something delicious every single day."
"Mom, I barely coughed twice this morning and Silas panicked. He dragged me to the hospital at the crack of dawn for a full checkup. You'd think I was dying."
"Mom, we ran into an unleashed German Shepherd on our walk today. It charged straight at me, and Silas threw himself in front of me without a second thought. He wrestled that dog with his bare hands. He was bleeding all over and didn't shed a single tear — but the moment he saw I'd scraped my knee from falling, he couldn't stop crying."
"Mom, I'm pregnant. Silas is over the moon. He already booked me the best postnatal care center in the city. He said he'd protect us — me and the baby — with his life."
"Mom, Silas is the best person in this world to me. Besides you."