CLAIRE
"You're just like him," I said quietly.
"Like who?" Ethan asked.
"Like your father," I replied. "Victor killed Elena and convinced himself and everyone else it was suicide, you killed our baby and convinced yourself and everyone else it was my fault."
"That's not the same thing," Ethan argued.
"It's exactly the same thing," I said. "You both refuse to face the truth about what you've done, you both blame everyone except yourselves, you both destroy lives and walk away clean."
"I didn't destroy anyone's life," Ethan said defensively.
"You destroyed mine," I shot back. "You destroyed our baby's, you're destroying your own right now by refusing to accept reality."
"My reality is that you and Julian systematically ruined me," Ethan said, his voice hard now. "My business is bankr
