I cleared my throat, fighting the panic rising in me. “It’s just an old appliance. I was going to throw it out, but with the price of meat being so cheap recently, I thought I’d keep it to store more food.”
Officer Collins glanced at me, then reached out to open the door of the freezer.
My heart raced in my chest, but I stood frozen in place, not daring to stop him.
Officer Collins peered inside. The sight of frozen meat and chicken wings seemed to ease the tension in his brow. He slowly closed the freezer and turned to me with a half-smile. “No need to stock up so much. Fresh food is healthier, you know.”
I let out a nervous laugh. "My salary doesn’t stretch far, so I save where I can.”
Officer Collins chuckled lightly before his face turned serious again. "He probably called his lover before he ran off. It’s likely that your husband left with his mistress.”
The tension in my chest eased, allowing me a brief moment of relief.
However, Officer Collins’s gaze hardened again. "Of course, we can’t rule out foul play, either. It’s strange that there’s been no trace of him.”