The admission surprised her. "Maybe they were hurt. Maybe they were angry. Maybe they hated me."
She swallowed hard.
"But from where I was standing, Declan, I remember being the one left behind."
The words hung heavily between them, neither spoke for several seconds, traffic lights changed, cars moved and life continued.
Yet inside the car, everything felt frozen.
Finally Declan spoke. "They loved you, they still do. You don't have to be so cold, Sage."
Sage laughed again and this time the sound hurt. "That's funny. Did any of them ask why I got married?"
The question arrived suddenly and Declan froze.
Sage noticed immediately because he didn't answer right away.
Her stomach twisted.
"They never asked, did they?"
Declan's silence was enough and a fresh wave of bitterness crashed
