Ethan
I didn't hesitate… even she knew the answer.
"Yes."
But the fact that I was the one answering her was perhaps what hurt her the most. The answer came immediately, firmly. And that was what finally broke something inside her. I saw it… I literally saw it. Her face changed, as if she finally understood that there was absolutely nothing left to do.
She nodded slowly, once, twice. Then she looked at the check again, and suddenly tore it up. The sound of the paper ripping filled the entire office. She threw it onto my desk.
"Keep your damn money."
She turned around immediately.
"Vanessa."
She stopped with her back to me.
"I hope you never get made to feel the way you made me feel… I hope you never experience firsthand what it's like to be despised by someone you truly lov
