Chapter 2: What the Boy Heard
David stepped inside before I could say another word.
The room went completely still.
Vanessa's wine glass stopped halfway to her lips.
Ethan stood up so fast his chair scraped the floor.
"David — what are you doing here?"
David didn't look at Ethan.
He looked straight at Vanessa.
"I could ask you the same thing."
Vanessa's face had gone pale.
"I told you I was visiting a friend."
"A friend." David set his coat down slowly.
"Is that what we're calling it now?"
Ethan stepped forward.
"This isn't what it looks like."
David turned to him, and his voice dropped low.
"Then explain why my wife has had dinner with you four times this month.
Alone."
I hadn't known it was four times.
I thought it was once.
Maybe twice.
Four times.
Ethan looked at me.
I could see him calculating.
Deciding what to admit and what to bury.
"Claire, I was going to tell you—"
"When?" I asked.
My voice was steadier than I expected.
He didn't answer.
Then Noah appeared in the doorway.
Fourteen years old.
Quiet.
He'd been in the kitchen the whole time.
He looked at his mother.
Then at Ethan.
Then at me.
And what he said next made everyone in that room fall silent.
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What Noah said changed everything Claire thought she knew.
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