Clara turned, her whole body now facing Ethan, her eyes sharp, wounded, and demanding.
"Tell me, Ethan..what am I supposed to think when my husband just said he knows a criminal I'm going after?" Her voice trembled, not from fear but from anger and betrayal. "How would you know a man like that? I want the truth Ethan. No more lies, not one more."
Ethan's heart beat faster as her words replayed in his head, louder than her anger.
My husband. She really called him her husband! He was too happy for a many who was now pressed to a corner, with no way out, but the truth.
