He said nothing.
Melissa continued listing the details. The dinner they were currently sitting at had been charged to the company at five in the afternoon under a client retention code. Hotel charges. Gift purchases. All connected to the same account under his authorization.
Daniel made a quiet, bitter sound beside Claire.
She asked if he had known about the financial side of things. He told her he had only known about his wife’s deception. The rest was new information.
Ezoic
Then Andrew looked up from the table and saw Claire standing across the room.
The Moment He Saw Her
She would remember that moment for a long time afterward.
Ezoic
She watched the realization move across his face in stages. First confusion. Then recognition. Then the rapid, visible calculation of a man trying to determine which problem to address first.
He said her name.
She walked toward the table before she had consciously decided to do so.
Ezoic
