There looking at Daniel and the young woman, unable to breathe.
For a terrible second, I hoped there was some innocent explanation.
Maybe she was a coworker.
Maybe she was a family member I had never met.
Perhaps he had misinterpreted the way he had surrounded his waist with his arm.
Then Daniel saw me.
His face changed instantly.
The smile disappeared.
He pulled his hand off his body.
— Laura...
The young woman turned to me.
He didn't seem to be over thirty.
Beautiful. sure of itself. Perfectly calm.
Somehow, that tranquility hurt more than anything else.
“Who is she?” I asked.
Daniel opened his mouth, but no words came out.
The woman looked at him.
“You said you were going to tell him.
I felt my stomach shrink.
— Tell me what?
“Laura, not here,” Daniel whispered.
I laughed bitterly.
You brought another woman to a complex
