Daniel stepped toward the bed. My stomach dropped.
I forced my voice out before he could take another step. “Honey, aren’t you done?”
Ethan’s voice came from the bathroom, clear through the door. “I’ll be out in a sec.”
Daniel stopped dead. His face changed in an instant. He finally understood. Someone was in the bathroom and it was not my sister.
it was his brother, my husband.
He stared at me for half a second, then turned without a word. He opened the door, stepped out, and pulled it shut behind him.
The latch clicked soft.
I sat frozen on the bed, heart hammering so hard I could hear it in my ears. He was gone. He had almost stayed. He had almost been here when Ethan walked out.
I pressed both hands against my face and breathed through my fingers.
My whole body felt shaky. On
