CLAIRE

"Are you with a man?"

Ethan's question stayed between us, sharp enough to cut through everything else in the room.

I looked at Roman. He had gone completely still beside me. No smile. No smug satisfaction. He wasn't trying to take the phone or answer

CLAIRE

Ethan came home at eight seventeen.

I knew the exact time because I had been sitting on the living room couch pretending not to wait for him, and the digital clock on the entertainment unit was directly in front of me when his key turned in the l

CLAIRE

Vanessa was already at our usual table when I arrived.

Of course she was. She had always been the punctual one.

She waved the moment she saw me, bright and familiar, and for half a second my body remembered an old version of my life. I almost smiled a