Ethan
"He decided to quit, just like that… that, that made me angry. Not controlling my emotions, it caused everything…"
Clara's crying breaks something inside me. I have her sitting on my lap, clinging to my shirt as if she's trying to hold on to something, and yet… she's still trying to justify whatever happened with him.
"It was my fault too…" she says through tears. "I was so upset…"
I frown immediately.
"What?"
She quickly wipes her face, flustered.
"I… I said horrible things to him, Ethan. I was so angry because he wanted to leave like that, without facing anything. I felt it was unfair that he just disappeared without taking responsibility for what he did and…"
I watch her silently. Each word makes my jaw clench tighter.
"And we argued," she continues. "We both star
