ely flat. She looked at the photo in Daniel' s hand wit

with genuine confusion. "Don't matter?

aze sweeping over him and then to

ave. He looked like he wanted to shake her, to force some kind of reaction

r's ready!" she calle

defeat. Ethan, who had been watching the exchange w

he said softly. "We can

py chatter of the dinner table. She wasn' t hungry. She went to her suitcase, took out her bottle of painkillers, an

liss. Clara was laughing at something Daniel said, her face glowing with adoration. Ethan was smiling, look

Daniel present Clara with a

g for you," he sai

evealing a brand new, top-of-the-line digital

cked something off the table. There was a sharp crack. Olivia looked down and saw the shattered

he floor. "Oops," she said with a small

attention to it. Their focus was e

ake you look amazing," Daniel was e

custom-designed silver necklace, a del

roudly, his eyes shining. "I want

had sketched in a notebook months ago, a design she had shown to Ethan, telling him she wanted to have it made

around Cl

st-a dry, humorless laugh. It was a

ed to look at her, the

niel asked, his tone

udly against the floor. "Nothing," she said, her v

om, but Daniel and Ethan were on their

ded. "You're going to apologize t

finally snapping. "For laughing at the fact that

ly confused. "What a

voice echoed in her head, accompanied by the

days, 4 hours, 16

guing with her over a stolen necklace. The absurdity of it all