Sophie couldn’t breathe.
The photo was still on the screen. Frozen. Unforgiving. Her hand— Outstretched. The woman— Falling. And Ethan— Right there. Watching it happen.
“No…” The word came out broken. “I didn’t do that.”
Her voice shook. Her whole body did.
Ethan didn’t respond immediately. And that silence— That hesitation— Was louder than anything he could have said.
Sophie looked at him, eyes wide. “Say something.”
His jaw tightened. “It doesn’t prove anything.”
“That’s not what you were thinking,” she whispered.
He didn’t deny it.
Her chest tightened painfully. “You thought it too.”
“I’m trying to understand it.”
“No,” she said, stepping back. “You’re trying to make it make sense.”
“Because it doesn’t.”
“Then say it!” she snapped. “Say I didn’t do it.”
Ethan’s eyes were l
