both relish the thrill of their affair, and Connie uses her work as an excuse to continue visiting Paul. Edward catches her in a lie involving a family friend, which makes him suspicious. Noticing Connie buying herself sexy new lingerie and becoming increasingly distracted, he later catches her in another lie about having a salon appointment. Edward then fires an employee for perceived disloyalty, and the employee, having seen Connie and Paul together, tells Edward he needs to look at his own family. Edward hires a private investigator and is devastated when he provides pictures of Connie and Paul together. The affair takes its toll on Connie, but even though she feels increasingly guilty, she can’t bring herself to end it; until one day she is late to pick up Charlie from school. Realizing she can no longer carry on the affair, she drives to Paul's the following day to end things in person. Discovering him with another woman heading to the library, she confronts him. They argue in the elevator and she questions him on how many women is he seeing. Paul claims the other woman is only just a friend and nothing more. A furious Connie tells Paul that she hates him, calls him a liar and mentions that their affair is over for good. She angrily pushes Paul out of her way and starts walking away. She storms out of Paul's apartment but he chases after Connie and catches up with her. He then quickly begins to seduce her and she tries fighting and pushing him off her. She eventually gives up and they have passionate sex in the hallway of his apartment. She leaves, narrowly missing Edward, who has arrived to confront Paul. Paul lets him into his apartment and they discuss Connie. Edward is stunned to find a snow globe he had given her in the past, which Paul explains she had gifted to him. Edward becomes overwhelmed and snaps, fracturing Paul's skull with the snow globe, killing him instantly. While cleaning up the evidence, Edward overhears a crying Connie leave a phone message for Paul, saying that she's ending the affair and that she's tired of lying and hurting her family. Edward erases the message and puts Paul's body in the trunk of his car, later dumping it in a landfill. Finding her number on Paul's desk, NYPD detectives arrive at the Sumner home,