As if dealing with Richard wasn’t bad enough. Ethan had to cross paths with the last person he wanted to see. Still, he shouldn’t have answered her back like that. Couldn’t help himself. With luck, none of what he said would get back to Richard. Hard to tell which of them was the biggest i***t. No one had to lecture Ethan on that score. There were things neither of them were saying. Maybe it was for the best. Some things…once said, were impossible to retract, and one right word and he’d go back on his decision to leave. Live to regret it most like. It was why he’d walked out. Ethan needed to move on. Should have realised sooner. Should have done so the moment his father died. Though he disliked the house, he didn’t have to spend time there. The outside…
Ethan stood still and breathed in.
