#Chapter 36: Miscommunication

Who is she? My mind was screaming over and over again. I couldn’t understand. Why was he holding her? Why did he seem so surprised to see me? What’s going on? “Ethan!” Mars cried out, taking Ethan’s attention away from me. He let go of whoever the girl was and approached me to help support Mars. I should have felt relief when Mars was lifted off my shoulders, but I felt like he was still there. The reality of what I just saw weighed me down as my brain ran a million miles an hour to comprehend what it saw. “Let’s get you inside,” Ethan dragged Mars back into the house and I was left out on the balcony with the girl in the red dress. My eyes lingered on her, regarding the way she looked and the guilty expression on her face. Was there something going on between her and Ethan? There must’ve been. Did she know he was married? Were they secretly dating? I never knew anymore. I know I always assumed the worst when it came to Ethan with other women, but this situation was a