Disclosure

It was the text that did it:

Trying to slip secretly into the house,

Into her life:

The tell tale ‘ping’ of the message arriving

After midnight…

After midnight…?

She is sleeping,

He reaches for her phone, stares curiously,

Initially uncomprehending,

At the lit screen

At the name,

At the name of her friend,

At the name of his friend…

And the message revealed

At the press of his finger;

With his final caress:

Disclosure.