# THOMPSON-HAYES: THE INSIDE OUT
## Chapter Twenty-Five — What Ethan Does
She found out from Vance, not from him.
Vance texted on a Wednesday morning while Mia was in period three: *Ethan Reed filed his voluntary statement with our office this morning. It's been submitted to the subcommittee record. His attorney confirmed it's complete and not subject to revision.*
She read it between the class and the hallway.
She texted back: *He didn't tell me he was filing today.*
Vance: *No. He asked us not to notify you in advance. He said he didn't want you to feel obligated to respond.*
She stood in the hallway with students moving around her and she looked at that text and felt something that was not straightforward.
Not anger. Not warmth. The specific complicated feeling of a person watch
