She even took the natural curl out of her hair.
Maybe she uses an old fashioned Hot Comb with steam.
No pics of her (?) children to compare.
Anyone seen or heard her husband at anytime in the last five years? Maybe he has hobbies and charities to attend.
I don’t think he is still running an investment fund.
Maybe he walked out to get some cigarettes.
Hasn’t returned for five years.
An example of a story in the recorded lectures by Dwight V. Swain called Master Writing Teacher (author of Techniques of the Selling Writer and many others including suspense and SF).
A man goes out and tells his wife he’ll be right back. Never returns for almost a year. No word. No asking for a divorce.
Suddenly, one night he comes home again, holds up his hand and refuses to talk about it. She goes along.
That night he quietly into bed and they still don’t talk.
As he falls asleep, she takes out the long blade from under her pillow and slashes his throat.