CHAPTER 102 AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

They both stared straight ahead, their breathing shallow and controlled, as if to speak would shatter the brittle silence that had formed around them. Finally, the elevator chimed its arrival at the top floor, and the doors slid open with a hiss of air. Ethan stepped out first, his back ramrod straight. Claire followed close behind, refusing to be nothing but a meter behind him. A frown was plastered on her face. Sarah had said he hadn’t shhown up for for for days now. Why did he decide to show up on the day she wanted to get her things? Claire walked on,her jaw set and her eyes fixed straight ahead. She refused to look at the closed door to his office, knowing that it would only reopen the wounds that she had been trying so hard to stitch closed. Entering her former office, she saw the pile of personal belongings she had left behind. The picture frame, the coffee mug, a small vase of dried flowers... Her fingers brushed against the smooth wood of the picture frame, her eyes draw