The Break Room

She thought her marriage was solid—ordinary, predictable, safe. That belief collapses the moment a certified letter arrives, containing a private investigator's report that exposes far more than she ever expected. At the center of it is a woman from her husband's workplace, someone he brushed off as harmless. But the break room has become a breeding ground for gossip, crude behavior, and boundaries crossed, and the truth hits harder with every detail she reads. Inside that shop, loyalties shift quietly. Some employees see what's happening. Some ignore it. And some are far too involved. As tensions rise, the workplace turns toxic, and the lines between personal and professional begin to blur in dangerous ways. In a small town where rumors travel faster than the truth, she finds herself caught between betrayal and the unsettling realization that the signs were always there—she just wasn't ready to face them. Raw, intimate, and steeped in slow-burning suspense, The Break Room unravels the fragile balance between trust and denial, the quiet power of manipulation, and what happens when one woman finally decides to stop looking away.