Chapter 84

I walked through the garden for a few moments, looking around the bigger hedges and bushes, trying to find Ethan, but I didn’t see him anywhere. It was like he had vanished from my life again. With a hand over my baby, I walked back home and went inside, closing the door behind me. It seemed so lonely inside now. Not long ago, Soren and I had been sitting at the table eating dinner, laughing, and having a good conversation about our day. Now, the entire house seemed still and quiet. “What was Ethan even doing here?” I asked myself aloud. I had no idea. He said he’d come there to see me, but why? How did he even figure out where I was? I wanted to talk to Ethan again. I wanted to find him and make him sit down and answer a thousand questions. But that wasn’t going to happen. I lay backward on my bed and stared up at the ceiling, wondering if I’d ever even see him again. There was a chance he would just go back home. Perhaps all he wanted was to see me, and now that he had, now that he k