This story was originally posted on my tumblr blog based off my OUAT/Murder In The First roleplay but rewritten as part of my Gold Chronicles series. It is told in first person as Beth Molk and takes place while she is pregnant with DJ and living in Juno Beach.

"Honey, can you take me to Michaels please? I just need to pick up a few things." I asked David one morning after breakfast. He was doing most of his work at home now that I was pregnant again and didn't want me driving unless I absolutely needed to.

"Ummm….okay…gimme a few minutes to finish this up." He turned off his laptop and grabbed his wallet off the desk. We drove down to Palm Beach Gardens and I grabbed a cart as soon as I walked in. "Thought you said you just needed a few things."

"Yes, but I want to see what's on sale."

I could almost hear him adding things up in his head while I shopped. He teased me constantly about my spending, wanting to know if he needed to start looking in the want ads for a second job.

Along with my writing I was also doing several crafting projects with my sisters in law to keep me occupied while David was working, our oldest were at tee ball practice and Elsa napping. I started going down each of the aisles looking for things I would need using lists I made on my phone. It was easy for me to lose track of time while I was in the craft store because there were so many things I wanted to buy.

"Beth, the cart's getting full…"

"I just need a few more things."

We were in the aisle with the large wooden letters. I picked up some of them and put them in the cart along with a few other items with my back turned to my husband.

"Let's go down the next aisle," David suggested. Suddenly we heard laughing.

"That sounds like Archie," I said.

"Yeah…uhhh….Archie said he had to pick up something. Here, didn't you say you needed paint?"

"Yes! Thank you honey."

Archie was still laughing a few aisles behind us.

"I wonder what he's laughing at."

"Could be anything knowing him. You get everything you need?"

"Yes."

We started hearing more laughing in the store.

"What the heck is going on in here? Are people on crack?" I asked. Archie approached us grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"What's so funny?" I asked him.

"Oh nothing….just this!" He held up his phone. Someone had rearranged the wooden letters in the aisle to spell out WIFE WONT LEAVE.

"Let me guess. You did that." I shook my head. It would be just like him.

"Nope. Wasn't me…this time." He was still grinning.

"Oh, then who was it?"

"Probably just some other guy," David said.

"Really?" Archie handed me his phone and played a video of David rearranging the letters while my back was turned and then trying to get me into the other aisle before he was caught.

"Thanks a LOT Archie!" David groaned.

I leaned against the cart laughing hysterically. "That's a rather unique SOS, Detective!" I joked.

"That's what happens when a husband gets bored at the craft store," he countered with a smirk. "But I'm gonna be paying for it when we get all this added up, won't I?"

"Oh yes."

"Oh boy!" he sighed.

Archie's incriminating photos and video went viral the next day.