Catherine Smith — How do you know... — he interrupts me. — Your mother, Catherine, she told me. And you know what's most incredible? I'm finding out things about you unexpectedly, never directly from you. I found out about your children at the hospital and about you being engaged from your mother. Now I ask you, were you planning to tell me about this too? Were you? — Thomas asks all at once. I look away from him because I wasn't going to talk about Dennis. — Ah, see? You weren't going to tell me that. — I notice the hurt in his voice. — You were going to hide even that from me! — he shakes his head. — Thomas... — I call his name, but he interrupts me. — No, Catherine, you were with me, I opened up completely to you, and only now do I find out about your life in pieces, and you want me

