Evelyn
It was funny how Julian was quick to dismiss what I had seen, he did not even try to convince me otherwise, he just went straight into talking me out of it.
I had lain awake most of the night replaying it, the way his hand had closed around my wrist before I could even lift the cheque off the vanity, the quiet certainty in his voice when he said that is none of your business, like he had been waiting for exactly that moment and knew precisely what he was going to say when it came.
By morning I had decided I was going to wait, I was going to give him the space to come to me the way he always did, to circle back and explain and make it make sense the way Julian always made things make sense.
He came downstairs while I was making Leo's breakfast, dressed already, jacket on, and his
