Cole
straightened up, her expression once again a mask of polite warmth
ds curled into fists in my lap, my nails digging into my palms. I saw Ethan glance at me, a
e said, turning to Olivia, his voice warm with a hospitality he hadn't shown
g near the small of her back. He had already forgotten I was there,
ollowed them. The sight of them walking side-by-side through the sliding gl
rving familiarity. She walked directly to a polished mahogany cabinet,
r voice bright as she began preparing the tea, her movements
eclaration of it. She was reminding him, and showin
augh. "You remember." It wasn't a conf
shrinking with every passing second. I was his wife, a
o me, her eyes wide with feigned realization. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Sarah. Pre
neatly separate me from them, to place me in
rittle smile fixed on my face. "Tha
e suffocating atmosphere they had created. I felt Ethan's eyes on my back, a flicke
s that my
on back to the living room. Daisy was pointing at a large
ed a much prettier one in this very room, didn't you?" She looked up at Ethan, her eyes shining with nostalgia. "Do
s he looked at the little girl. "I reme
ntimate moment that erased me and
ike that, a perfect little family caught in a bubble of shared hi
way from the sofa where they sat as I c
tual friends I'd never met, trips they'd taken to places I'd only seen in magazines. Eve
ugh, to add his own details to her stories. I felt like I was watching a home mo
livia stood up. "I should get Daisy to the g
to rise. "I'll
, stopping him with a light touch on his ar
e husband. But as she turned, her eyes met mine over his should
room after she left was colder and heavier than t
art a cold, heavy stone in my chest. Just as she disappear
t from an un
re were no words
st. The one Olivia had given him. Ben
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